Birding on 3 continents

[xelas]

BY073 / SA073

Forest Canary - Crithagra scotops

 

Wilderness / 03.01.2018

[xelas]

BY074 / SA074

Fork-tailled Drongo - Dicrurus adsimilis

 

Wilderness / 04.01.2018

[Dave Williams]

A fabulous series of quality shots, can you keep it up or will things go downhill when the competition hots up!

[xelas]

1 hour ago, Dave Williams said:

A fabulous series of quality shots, can you keep it up or will things go downhill when the competition hots up!

 

Dave, it is our goal to keep the quality UP! No more EBC just to get the number, only when the bird is really special one.

[xelas]

BY075 / SA075

Giant Kingfisher - Megaceryle maxima

 

 

De Hoop / 02.01.2018

[xelas]

BY076 / SA076

Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus

 

Wilderness / 04.01.2018

[xelas]

BY077 / SA077

Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus

 

Marina de Gama / 11.01.2018

[xelas]

BY078 / SA078

Great White Pelican - Pelecanus onocrotalus

 

Strandfontein / 11.01.2018

[xelas]

BY079 / SA079

Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus

 

 

De Hoop / 03.01.2018

[xelas]

BY080 - SA080

Greater Striped Swallow - Cecropis cucullata

 

De Hoop / 02.01.2018

[Peter Connan]

Some really fabulous shots in this batch, and some were very difficult in-flight shots like the swift and giant!

 

Well done to you and Zvezda!

[Galana]

Agreed. No need for EBCs with quality like this.

The Giant Kingfisher in flight is special.

[xelas]

Thank you both, @Peter Connan and @Galana, I have set the quantity bar high but Zvezda set the quality bar even higher !

[xelas]

BY081 / SA081

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea

 

flying low

De Hoop / 02.01.2018

 

feeding on frog

 

Strandfontein / 14.01.2018

Edited February 4, 2018 by xelas

[xelas]

BY082 / SA082

Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola

 

adult non-breeding

Rooisand / 10.01.2018

[xelas]

BY083 / SA083

Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix verticalis

 

male

 

female

Karoo NP / 06.01.2018

[xelas]

BY084 / SA084

Hadeda ibis - Bostrychia hagedash

 

De Hoop / 02.01.2018

[xelas]

BY085 / SA085

Hamerkop - Scopus umbretta

 

De Hoop / 02.01.2018

 

Franschhoek / 09.01.2018

[xelas]

BY086 - SA086

Hartlaub's Gull - Chroicocephalus hartlaubii

 

Rooisand / 10.01.2018

[xelas]

BY087 / SA087

Helmeted Guineafowl - Numida meleagris

 

De Hoop / 02.01.2018

[xelas]

BY088 / SA088

Hottentot Teal - Anas hottentota

 

Strandfontein / 14.01.2018

[xelas]

BY089 / SA089

House Sparrow - Passer domesticus

 

male

Karoo NP / 06.01.2018

 

female

Babylonstoren Garden / 09.01.2018

[Peter Connan]

That back-lit Hamerkop is fantastic!

[xelas]

Then I should really claim that photo ... but it is all in the family  and Zvezda says I can get a lucky shot here or there .

[xelas]

BY090 / SA090

Jackal Buzzard - Buteo rufofuscus

 

juvenile

Stanford - Kleinrivier / 01.01.2018

 

adult

Wilderness / 04.01.2018

 

in flight

Strandfontein / 14.01.2018