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Been shopping so here are "Today's ten offerings".

Plus a better view of Grey Louris from S. Luangwa.

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310. repeated. South Luangwa NP.

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311. Saddle-billed Stork. McBrides, Kafue. We saw more but this was the first.

 

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312. White-breasted Cormorant. McBrides. Taken from the camp boat one afternoon as were the following.

 

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313. Green-backed (Striated ) Heron. I prefer the old name. McBride's boat on Kafue river.

 

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Not hiding just "Gone fishing". They use their wings like we shade our eyes.

 

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Hello there!

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Busy doing nothing.

314. Black Egret/Heron. McBride's boat. Kafue river.

 

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315. White-fronted BeeEater. Taken from the boat as a record shot and then forgotten to improve on.

 

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316. Senegal Coucal. Back on land during a walk from McBride's Camp. Lots of walks here for those who prefer. ALWAYS take a guide.

 

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317. Plum coloured/Violet backed Starling. Beautiful in the sunlight. Seen throughout Zambia on our trip.

 

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318. Greater Honeyguide. McBrides. They really DO guide you to a beehive. We tried it. McBrides.

 

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319. Pin-tailed Whydah. McBrides. Kafue NP.

and finally...

 

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320. Yellow-mantled Widowbird. McBrides Camp, Kafue NP.

More tomorrow when we may find something to raise the pulse a touch.

NB. I am not holding anything back for a special number. WISIWYG.

 

 

 

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Dave Williams

Have you lost your passport? Been banned from the return flight? I thought you were home ages ago! Glad to see you are having a good trip and what a way to escape all the Christmas and New Year hype! Anyway, all the best for 2020 , may you have many more travels to look forward to. For me the highlight of this years BY has been meeting you and Peter Connan in person. That's what it's all about. cheers Dave

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Happy New Year folks. 

Blein Vie Noa.

I hope 2020 brings you all that you require.

 

But let me get on with the rump of my 2019 before the year is much older.

 

First up a Lifer for me. Easy if you are in the right place as they come to the feeder.

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321. Black-backed Barbet. McBride's Camp. Kafue NP.

 

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322. White-shouldered Widow Bird. McBride's Camp.

 

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323. Brown-hooded Kingfisher. McBride's Camp. These small birds love to lurk in a bush in ambush so it is not easy to get an unrestricted view at times.

 

Not so the next subject.

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324. Cape Turtle Dove. McBrides Camp/

 

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325. Heuglin's Robin Chat.   McBride's Camp.

A fairly ubiquitous bird and a lovely singer. This pair had a fledgling to feed.

 

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326. Croaking Cisticola. Near McBride's Camp. Not the best of shots but all I got.

 

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327. Black-collared Barbet. McBride's Camp.

 

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328. African Wattled Lapwing. Number 3 spring. McBrides Camp.

I prefer the term Lapwing over Plover.

 

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329. Tropical Boubou. McBride's Camp.

Often heard rather than seen but I managed to catch this one out feeding on hippo droppings. Yes Hippo in camp regularly. Especially when the Lone Ranger is in town. He is a young male that gets beaten up by the local herd so comes and sleeps in camp for protection in the day time.

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Just be careful not to disturb him.

 

You have seen this before but now with parent-

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330. Fiery-necked Nightjar. Near McBrides Camp. Night drives are permitted.

 

More tomorrow. I am picking up mammals as well as birds but this a bird forum.

 

 

 

 

 

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19 minutes ago, Dave Williams said:

Have you lost your passport? Been banned from the return flight? I thought you were home ages ago! Glad to see you are having a good trip and what a way to escape all the Christmas and New Year hype! Anyway, all the best for 2020 , may you have many more travels to look forward to. For me the highlight of this years BY has been meeting you and Peter Connan in person. That's what it's all about. cheers Dave

 

Nope. Passport in hand and was allowed to leave Zambia without undue haste. It was good to have got back to Zambia at last after a ten year absence both to see new places such as Kafue and meet nice people like Chris and Charlotte McBride as well as revisit my old haunts in South Luangwa.

Thanks for your good wishes and kind remarks. It was good to meet you too. We should do it again especially as you were one guest who brought and cooked the food for dinner.

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27 minutes ago, Galana said:

 

We should do it again especially as you were one guest who brought and cooked the food for dinner.

 

and you survived to tell the tale!!!!

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Great Barbet Fred, and also love the Nightjar - Happy New Year!

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@michael-ibk

Thanks. Same to you.

To lighten the load of birds here is a candid shot of four allegedly sane adults out in the bush seeking another lifer while trying to keep their beer dry.

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Happy new year to you, too, Fred and I agree on the Barbet. A beautiful bird and ditto photograph.

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Such dedication! And which life was that? 

 

Happy travels  and GTGs with STers in 2020!

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41 minutes ago, Kitsafari said:

And which lifer was that? 

Coming up soon.

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331. Spotted Dikkop/Thick-knee. Night drive from McBride's Camp.

 

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333. Half-collared Kingfisher. Lifer number 2 for me. Winkled out of the gloomy undergrowth just for me.

McBride's Camp. A place called "The crossing", which is a narrow natural causeway over a side stream off the Kafue used as a dry crossing by lion and ellies and by us as a refreshment stoop in the group photo above.

 

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334. Giant Kingfisher. Kafue river cruise. The only one to sit still long enough to get a decent photo.

 

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335. African FishEagle. The voice of Africa. Kafue river cruise. McBride's.

 

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336. The ubiquitous Hadada. Seen from the boat. McBride's.

 

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337. Great White Egret. Kafue cruise. McBride's.

 

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338. Knob-billed (Comb) duck. Kafue cruise. McBride's.

A similar bird occurs in India but no idea how the parallel evolution produced such an odd male appendix.

 

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339. Pied Kingfisher. Kafue river and most of the palearctic. Their ability to hover to feed is said to have enabled them to cross oceans and become widespread.

 

Finally a bit of an EBC but what with the moving boat, the undergrowth and the bird's speed over land It's the best I could do.

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340. African Finfoot. Ran faster than a stag.

That's all for today but on the way home the spotty cat picked up the spoor of a Hare. Tasty!;)

 

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Dave Williams

Would love to see the H.C. Kingfisher and an adult Finfoot. great stuff.

 

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Peter Connan

Wow, great birds!

 

Happy new year.

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5 hours ago, Dave Williams said:

Would love to see the H.C. Kingfisher and an adult Finfoot. great stuff. 

Well you have my number.

 

And I have a conscience and cannot let that rotten Malachite photo remain as my sole effort.

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Here we go with today's offering with the scent of that rabbit growing stronger and we are still in Kafue...:D

 

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341. Little BeeEater. Kafue. McBrides Camp. Common but cute.

 

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342. Sooty Chat. Kafue.

 

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343. Black-bellied Bustard. Kafue.

 

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344. European BeeEaters. McBrides. Kafue. Our only sighting.

 

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345. African Crake. Mc Bride's, Kafue.

 

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346. Grassveld (African) Pipit. I don't know what else it can be but idoes not look right. McBrides.

 

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347. Palm Swift. McBrides. Kafue. I think the Dragonfly is  a Blue Darter but will take offers.;)

 

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348. Chinspot Batis. Mc Brides. Kafue.

 

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349. Black-backed Puffback. McBrides. Kafue.

 

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350. Red-necked Spurfowl. McBrides. Kafue.

 

Til the next time..and still in Kafue! Lovely part of Zambia and very rewarding with MCBrides Camp really something special.

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Very good additions again! Wonderful shots of the Bee-eater and I love the way you managed to keep the soot in the Sooty Chat ;)

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3 hours ago, PeterHG said:

I love the way you managed to keep the soot in the Sooty Chat ;)

I think the soot was either on my lens or in my head.

 

Thanks. I quite like the BeeEater shot too. Sometimes I make a mistake and get it right!:o

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Great photo of the African Crake, a bird I´ve never managed to see.

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Here are a few more.

The scent of that Rabbit is stronger but a bit stale so maybe it has re-located and we need to follow?

 

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351. Coppery-tailed Coucal. Kafue.

 

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352. Thick-billed Weaver. Spring 1, McBride's Camp. Kafue. Nest building and we had good glimpses of the technique.

 

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353. African Dusky Flycatcher. McBride's Camp. Kafue.

 

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354. Long-billed Crombec. McBride's Camp, Kafue. Tricky little beggar to capture as he gleaned the bush by my cottage.

 

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355. Ring-necked Dove. McBride's Camp. Kafue.

 

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356. White-throated Swallow. McBride's Camp, actually in my bathroom one evening. Kafue.

 

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357. Little Swift. Kariba Dam. No sign of that darn bunny here either so let's head down the Kafue to the confluence with the Zambezi near Chirundu and see if we can pick up their spoor..

 

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358. White-browed Coucal. Kafue river confluence. Gwabi Lodge and Camp.

 

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359. Purple Heron. On the banks of the Zambezi downstream from Gwabi.

 

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360. Blue-cheeked BeeEater. Somewhere on the Zambezi. From our boat which was rocked a bit by the Hippos.

 

That Rabbit cannot be far ahead now so dinner tomorrow sounds good.

 

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I don’t want to cast aspersions on our birding guru @Galana but i’m afraid your dove is ring-necked....

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1 hour ago, Tdgraves said:

I don’t want to cast aspersions

I'm learning something new here every day....;)

 

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2 hours ago, Tdgraves said:

I don’t want to cast aspersions on our birding guru @Galana but i’m afraid your dove is ring-necked

Perish the thought. I will change it.

 

It was the excitement of getting a sniff of that darn rabbit.

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17 hours ago, Galana said:

It was the excitement of getting a sniff of that darn rabbit.

Just be careful not to step on it! 

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2 hours ago, xelas said:

Just be careful not to step on it! 

Don't worry it will be quick and painless.;)

 

Here we go.

 

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361. White-faced Whistling Ducks. Lower Zambezi river.

 

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362. Southern Carmine BeeEaters. Lower Zambezi. They really are that lovely blood red colour and eat insects not Rabbits.:o

Now! Where 's that bloody Tortoise?

 

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363. White-crowned Lapwing. Lower Zambezi.  I never understand why the bird with the longer Wattles is not the Wattled Lapwing and the Wattled Lapwing called something else.

 

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364. Red-winged Starling. Kariba Dam.

 

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365. African Black Swift. Kariba Dam.

 

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366. Red-backed Shrike. Gwabi Lodge.

 

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367. Bearded Scrub Robin. Gwabi Lodge.

 

Strain your eyes for an EBC....

Heard it greeting Georgie, saw it fly in and nailed it with difficulty.

 

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368. Emerald Cuckoo.  Gwabi. "Hello Georgie!"

 

Relocating to South Luangwa.....

 

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369. Retz's Helmet Shrike.  Wildlife Camp. South Luangwa.

 

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370. Wahlberg's Eagle. South Luangwa.

 

Til tomorrow..

 

 

 

 

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While I was out on a post-lunch walk, something buzzed by, and all I can see in the distance is a dust cloud B)

 

@Galana, are the eyebrows of the Ritz's Helmet Shrike for real?

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Just now, xelas said:

are the eyebrows of the Ritz's Helmet Shrike for real?

No she was just made up for the Christmas party!:lol:

 

Pleased to hear you survived. I was after a larger lunch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48YEydh6vsQ&feature=youtu.be

Especially for @Kitsafari a selfie.

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