Tdgraves big year 2019

[Tdgraves]

Lake Panic bird hide, KNP, 4/9/19

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 1000, f5.6, 1/800

 

 

384) Black crake

[Tdgraves]

Sand river, KNP, 4/9/19

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 1000, f7.1, 1/1000

 

 

385) Woolly-necked stork

[Galana]

6 hours ago, Tdgraves said:

 

Should be @xelas another 11 days worth of photos...

Good good. Look forward to them.

 

Sadly I am unhappy with your Southern Black Flycatcher. The brownish primaries and tail suggest our friend the FT Drongo.

[Tdgraves]

@Galana I think it may be a trick of the light - how about this angle??

 

[PeterHG]

Many good additions again, @Tdgraves! The Lake Panic bird hide can be a rewarding place, though quite busy sometimes.

[Galana]

6 hours ago, Tdgraves said:

@Galana I think it may be a trick of the light - how about this angle??

It's a tough call alright. I am not too strong on Southern Blacks (they skulk a  lot) when I do find one. I wonder if the brown primaries are a moulting change?

No red eye for a Drongo so maybe just leave it. If you end up with a tie breaker we can let the others decide.

[Tdgraves]

10 hours ago, PeterHG said:

The Lake Panic bird hide can be a rewarding place, though quite busy sometimes.

 

It certainly was @PeterHG we left after a few minutes...

[Soukous]

Nice ebc with the Black Crake. The feet look like 2 large red spiders

[Tdgraves]

Near Skukuza, KNP, 5/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 1600, f5.6, 1/640, EV +1/3

 

 

386) Emerald-spotted wood dove

[Tdgraves]

Near Skukuza, KNP, 5/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 1000, f7.1, 1/1250, EV +2/3

 

 

387) White-headed vulture

[Tdgraves]

Near Skukuza, KNP, 5/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/800

 

Female

 

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 800, f7.1, 1/1250

 

Male

 

 

388) Red-billed firefinch

[Tdgraves]

Near Skukuza, KNP, 5/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 1000, f7.1, 1/2000, EV +1/3

 

 

389) Wahlberg's eagle

[Tdgraves]

Phabeni gate, KNP, 5/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/2500

 

 

390) Blue waxbill

[Tdgraves]

Near Skukuza, KNP, 5/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 1000, f7.1, 1/1600

 

 

391) Long-tailed paradise whydah

[Tdgraves]

Near Pretoriuskop, KNP, 5/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/1250

 

 

392) African wattled lapwing

[Tdgraves]

Near Pretoriuskop, KNP, 5/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/1000

 

 

393) Black-bellied bustard

[Tdgraves]

Pretoriuskop in camp, KNP, 5/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 2000, f7.1, 1/1000, EV +1 2/3

 

 

394) Purple-crested turaco

[Tdgraves]

Shitlhave waterhole, Near Pretoriuskop, KNP, 5/9/19

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/2000

 

 

395) Kurrichane buttonquail

[michael-ibk]

More good sightings, especially the White-Headed Vulture and the Buttonquail. I´m always struggling with Brown Eagles so I´m curious - why do you think this is a Wahlberg´s and not a Tawny? Absence of crest and size of bill would suggest the latter to me?

[Tdgraves]

@michael-ibk It was the eye colour (brown), but as soon as I posted it, I began to wonder. I have checked other angles and the eyes are definitely brown. Then, Roberts says tawny is "brownish" whereas SASOL states "yellow" . My shot shows an almost identical bird to Roberts under tawny, so 389) is now tawny. I don't think I had any better sightings of one and I'm sure I can find a Wahlberg's somewhere else....

[Galana]

Love the Button-Quail. So rarely seen long enough for a decent photo.

[Tdgraves]

Nothing to add from the 6th (was predator, rather than bird heavy)..

 

S100, near Satara, KNP, 7/9/19

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 2000, f5.6, 1/1250, EV +2

 

 

396) Gabar goshawk

[Tdgraves]

near Satara, KNP, 7/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/1000

 

 

397) Lazy cisticola

Edited October 15, 2019 by Tdgraves
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[Tdgraves]

near Satara, KNP, 7/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 320, f7.1, 1/800

 

 

398) African pied wagtail

[Tdgraves]

near Satara, KNP, 7/9/19

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f7.1, 1/1600, EV +1/3

 

 

399) Cape glossy starling