TonyQ Big Year 2018 (The Third)

[Zim Girl]

@TonyQ

 

I swear those pigeons in post #84 have just sat in a tin of yellow paint!!

 

Your pictures from your Gambia trip have been excellent  -  so many beautiful birds.

[TonyQ]

Thank you @Zim Girl - I can see what you mean with the yellow paint!

[TonyQ]

So try again.....

61.G51. Fanti Saw-wing  Psalidoprocne obscura                  

Near Tanji       18.01.2018

[TonyQ]

62.G52. Common Snipe  Gallinago gallinago            

Kartong           22.01.2018

[TonyQ]

63.G53. Common Wattle-eye  Platysteira cyanea                 

Pirang Forest  15.01.2018

     

Mandina Lodge           19.01.2018

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64.G54. Copper Sunbird  Cinnyris cupreus               

Brufut  18.01.2018

Brufut  18.01.2018

 

This is the only place we saw the Copper Sunbird

[TonyQ]

65.G55. Crested Lark  Galerida cristata                    

Kartong           22.01.2018

Amongst rubbish washed up at the beach

[TonyQ]

66.G56. Feral Pigeon  Columba livia

Near Kairaba Hotel     16.01.2018

Possibly a controversial choice - but free living, breeding, well established. So they are in.

[TonyQ]

67.G57. Fine-spotted Woodpecker  Campethera punctuligera                      

(f) Brufut  18.01.2018

(f) Brufut  18.01.2018

I have put 2 pictures in to show the markings as the photos are poor.

[TonyQ]

68.G58. Fork-tailed Drongo  Dicrurus adsimilis                     

Brufut  18.01.2018

[TonyQ]

69.G59. Giant Kingfisher  Megaceryle maxima                     

(f) Abuko Forest   14.01.2018

(juvenile) Abuko Forest   14.01.2018

  

(m) Kotu     13.01.2018

[TonyQ]

70.G60. Golden-tailed Woodpecker  Campethera abingoni              

Pirang Forest  15.01.2018

[Dave Williams]

No Common Snipe,Wattle-eye or more noticeably, Larks and Pipits on my travels. We could have built up a score to match the Rabbit's together!

 

That's my Giant Kingfisher too!!!

Edited February 12, 2018 by Dave Williams

[xelas]

1 hour ago, Dave Williams said:

We could have built up a score to match the Rabbit's together!

 

But the Rabbit might get to The Gambia later in the year?!

[Peter Connan]

2 hours ago, xelas said:

 

But the Rabbit might get to The Gambia later in the year?!

Might have to, by the looks of things!

 

[Geoff]

@Galana  Ah, maybe it's because none of the migratory waders breed in Australia hence they're not so territorial.

[TonyQ]

@Dave Williams we only saw that one Lark, and no Pipits.

And the Rabbit in Gambia!!

 

Edited February 13, 2018 by TonyQ

[TonyQ]

71.G61.Goliath Heron  Ardea goliath             

Mandina Lodge           21.01.2018

Mandina Lodge           21.01.2018

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72.G62.Great Egret  Egretta alba 

Mandina Lodge           21.01.2018

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73.G63.Great White Pelican  Pelecanus onocrotalus            

 

Kartong           22.01.2018

Edited February 13, 2018 by TonyQ

[TonyQ]

74.G64.Greater Honeyguide  Indicator indicator                   

Marakissa        17.01.2018

One of my favourite Scientific Names! We only had this one brief view of this bird.

[TonyQ]

75.G65.Green Wood-hoopoe  Phoeniculus purpureus                      

With orange beak - Kairaba Hotel  19.01.2018

and black beak - Kairaba Hotel  19.01.2018

 

Commonly seen and heard- they are very noisy. Juveniles look similar to Scimitarbirds - we always hoped but I don't think we saw a Scimitarbird.

[TonyQ]

76.G66.Grey-backed Camaroptera  Camaroptera brachyura brevicaudata

(Naming appears complex – sometimes known as Green-backed Camaroptera, and also known as Camaroptera brevicaudata)

This is out of order because our list called it Green-backed and our book called it "Grey-backed".

Pirang Forest  15.01.2018

[TonyQ]

77.G67.Green-backed Heron  (aka Striated Heron)  Butorides striata                       

Abuko Forest   14.01.2018

[TonyQ]

78.G68.Green-headed Sunbird  Cyanomitra verticalis                      

Pirang Forest  15.01.2018

Very low light!