TonyQ's Big Year: Number 4

[TonyQ]

388.K41. Brubru  Nilaus afer minor    

Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

[TonyQ]

389.K42. Cardinal Woodpecker  Dendropicos fuscescens    

Mara North Conservancy        09.09.2019

Mara Naboisho Conservancy  15.09.2019

[TonyQ]

390.K43. Caspian Plover  Charadrius asiaticus         

Mara Naboisho Conservancy  16.09.2019

[michael-ibk]

Wow, you are firing from all cylinders! Great sightings, I am especially intrigued by the Great Sparrowhawk, a species I´ve long wanted to see. Interesting photo of the Black Crake, not used to seeing them climbing around on branches.

[Galana]

I can see 400 coming very soon. Great shot of the Brubru but some great Lapwings too.

[pedro maia]

1 minute ago, Galana said:

I can see 400 coming very soon. Great shot of the Brubru but some great Lapwings too.

 

More like 500, Tony on still on CA, there’s still a long way to Z, are we going to have a new BY leader?

[pedro maia]

5 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

Wow, you are firing from all cylinders! Great sightings, I am especially intrigued by the Great Sparrowhawk, a species I´ve long wanted to see. Interesting photo of the Black Crake, not used to seeing them climbing around on branches.

 

Beware Michael, Tony is going after you...

[Galana]

3 minutes ago, pedro maia said:

CA, there’s still a long way to Z,

Oooh. I had not realised they were all in alphabetical order. (Can't have been a Yellow-billed Kite then?)

[Soukous]

some lovely additions @TonyQ quantity and quality

[TonyQ]

@michael-ibk thank you. It was interesting watching the Crake looking for berries. I only got the Great Sparrowhawk once we got home - with the help of Galana! (I will post it later)

@Galana thank you - I am pleased that a man of such exceptional observation skills noticed the alphabetic order I really like the Plover/Lapwings.

@Soukous thank you

@pedro maia thank you.

400 will be coming up very soon....

 

391.K44. Chestnut Sparrow   Passer eminibey         

Selenkay Conservancy           05.09.2019

[TonyQ]

392.K45. Chestnut-Bellied Sandgrouse  Pterocles exustus olivascens         

Selenkay Conservancy           06.09.2019

[TonyQ]

393.K46. Chin-Spot Batis  Batis molitor         

(F) Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

(M) Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

[TonyQ]

394.K47. Common Bulbul  Pycnonotus barbatus      

Porini Amboseli camp 05.09.2019

[TonyQ]

395.K48. Common Drongo  Dicrurus adsimilis adsimilis  

     

 

Selenkay Conservancy           07.09.2019     

Edited October 11, 2019 by TonyQ

[TonyQ]

K49. Common Greenshank  Tringa nebularia

Already seen in India and UK

Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

[TonyQ]

396.K50. Common Ostrich  Struthio camelus massaicus      

(M) Mara North Conservancy        10.09.2019

(F) Mara North Conservancy        12.09.2019

[TonyQ]

K51. Common Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus meridionalis 

Already seen in UK and India. I changed the order slightly to make the Ostrich number 50 for Kenya - it seemed more appropriate than this poor Moorhen photo!  

Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

[TonyQ]

K52. Common Sandpiper  Actitis hypoleucos

Already seen in UK

 

Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

[TonyQ]

397.K53. Common Scimitarbill  Rhinopomastus cyanomelas schalowi         

Porini Amboseli camp 05.09.2019     

[TonyQ]

398.K54. Common Squacco Heron  Ardeola ralloides          

Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

[TonyQ]

399.K55. Common Waxbill  Estrilda astrild    

Bathing in Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

[TonyQ]

400.K56. Common Wattle-eye  Platysteira cyanea   

Kicheche Mara Camp (Mara North)    11.09.2019

Kicheche Mara Camp (Mara North)    11.09.2019

All of the camps we stayed in were good for birding around the camp, Kicheche Mara particularly so. The river was nearby, and there were some large shady trees (lunch was taken at an outdoor table under one of these trees). Searching the trees during the middle of the day was enjoyable and productive.

[Peter Connan]

What a beauty! Congrats on the 400, and really great photos and birds to get there!

[Tdgraves]

Well done on 400

 

glad to hear that kicheche Mara is good for birding....

[michael-ibk]

Congratulations Tony, a very worthy bird for #400!