Third time lucky? Peter Connan's year.

[Peter Connan]

Thank you @@PeterHG, @@michael-ibk and @@TonyQ.

 

It is indeed interesting to see how widespread some birds are.

[xelas]

@@Peter Connan

 

I knew the #100 will be something very special, photographic wise. Congratulations!

[Peter Connan]

Thanks @@xelas.

 

Actually it was just luck. Just happened to be the next bird photographed.

 

Going OT now, but my workflow is as follows:

1) Copy all photos from a specific trip or event into a folder on hard drive. Create a folder with identical name on pc.

2) Import photos in folder into LR.

3) Quickly edit a few photos that i had high hopes for (these are the ones i e-mailed to you, @@PCNW and @@Elsa Hoffmann).

4) Keyword according to place and species.

5) looking at bird photos only, i start from the beginning.

6) For The first bird that is not already on my spreadsheet, i will populate my spreadsheet, then filter in LR all photos of that species.

7) Flag a few nice ones with "pick" flag, and all the bad ones with "x".

8) Delete the bad ones and edit the "pick"s.

9) Move on to the next bird.

10) Later i will come back and either edit or delete the rest of the photos.

Edited May 11, 2016 by Peter Connan

[xelas]

Thanks for workflow. Mine is similar ... to point #3. #4 stops at keywording the species .

[Peter Connan]

111) Cape Bulbul:

 

Kaapse Tiptol Pycnonotus capensis

 

Poor bugger was deceived by a long-dead insect on a spider web.

 

10 April, Strandfontein.

[Peter Connan]

112) Steppe Buzzard:

 

Bruinjakkalsvoel Buteo vulpinus

 

Same same

[Peter Connan]

113) Three-banded Plover:

 

 

Driebandstrandkiewiet Charadrius tricollaris

 

Same same.

[Peter Connan]

114) Great White Pelican:

 

 

Witpelikaan Pelecanus onocrotalus

 

Same same

[Peter Connan]

115) African Fish Eagle:

 

Visarend Haliaeetus vocifer

 

Same same

[Peter Connan]

116) Levaillant's Cisticola:

 

Vleitinktinkie Cisticola tinniens

 

Same same

[Peter Connan]

117) Little Stint:

 

Kleinstrandloper Calidris minuta

 

11 April, Rondevlei Bird Sanctuary

 

Rondevlei is an interesting bird sanctuary with a number hides. Unfortunately when we were there they were busy drying it out in order to burn off the excess reeds, and thus the water was very far from the hides.

Also, it is very close to Strandvlei and of very similar habitat, so we didn't see too much that we didn't see at Strandvlei.

Edited May 11, 2016 by Peter Connan

[Peter Connan]

118) Rock Dove:

 

Tuinduif Columba livia

 

Cape town, 12 April

[Peter Connan]

119) Brimstone Canary:

 

 

Dikbekkanarie Serinus sulphuratus

 

16 April, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.

[Peter Connan]

120) Yellow-bellied Eromomela:

 

Geelpensbossanger Eremomela icteropygialis

 

16 April, Kirstenbosch

[Peter Connan]

121) Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk:

 

 

 

Rooiborssperwer Accipiter rufiventris

 

Found this guy chasing around the Egyptian Geese, which were substantially bigger than him!

 

Kirstenbosch, 16 April

[Peter Connan]

122) Spotted Eagle-owl:

 

Gevlekte Ooruil Bubo africanus

 

Kirstenbosch, 16 April

[Tdgraves]

@@Peter Connan he's winking at you!

[elefromoz]

@@Peter Connan, all gorgeous, cheeky Owl

[Peter Connan]

Thanks @@Tdgraves and @elefremoz.

 

Actually, I think when an owl does this it's equivalent to a teenager pulling the blanket over his/her head. It's saying "leave me alone, can't you see I'm sleeping!"

[PeterHG]

Excellent photos once again! I love the look of the Steppe Buzzard.

[Peter Connan]

Thank you @@PeterHG

[dlo]

Finally caught up here Peter and I wanted to comment on some shots but there are to many good ones to pick out any one shot, though I really do love the Eagle and Penguin shots in particular. These big year threads have convinced me to try to get some decent shots later this year in Kenya.

[Game Warden]

These big year threads have convinced me to try to get some decent shots later this year in Kenya.

 

@@dlo, when I see comments such as yours, it really does make me realise how worthwhile it has been, setting Safaritalk up and keeping it going. Thank you to everyone for making this a special place.

[Peter Connan]

Thank you @@dlo!

 

@@Game Warden, we all owe you our thanks. This has over time become my favourite of all websites!

[Peter Connan]

123) Violet-backed Starling:

 

Male:

 

Female:

 

Witborsspreeu Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

 

At the end of April, we spent a long weekend at a friend's place. He farms Macadamia nuts just outside of Nelspruit. This and the following birds were all photographed there.