TonyQ's Big Year: Number 4

[TonyQ]

431.K91. Helmeted Guineafowl  Numida meleagris  

Mara Naboisho Conservancy  15.09.2019

Mara Naboisho Conservancy  15.09.2019

[TonyQ]

432.K92. Hildebrandt’s Starling  Lamprotornis hildebrandti   

Mara North Conservancy        09.09.2019

Mara Naboisho Conservancy  15.09.2019

[TonyQ]

433.K93. Hottentot Teal  Anas hottentota      

Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

[TonyQ]

K94. Intermediate Egret  Mesophoyx intermedia brochyrhyncha      

Already seen in India

Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

[TonyQ]

434.K95. Kittlitz’s Plover  Charadrius pecuarius        

Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

[TonyQ]

435.K96. Kori Bustard  Ardeotis kori struthiunculus   

 

Masai Mara Reserve   10.09.2019

[TonyQ]

436.K97. Lappet-Faced Vulture  Torgos tracheliotus tracheliotus     

Mara Naboisho Conservancy  13.09.2019

[TonyQ]

K98. Laughing Dove  Spilopelia (Streptopelia) senegalensis

Selenkay Conservancy           07.09.2019

[TonyQ]

437.K99. Lesser Flamingo  Phoenicopterus minor

 

Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

[TonyQ]

438.K100. Lilac-Breasted Roller  Coracias caudata  

A slight manipulation of the order to get this as No.100 for Kenya!

Mara Naboisho Conservancy  13.09.2019

Mara Naboisho Conservancy  13.09.2019

First time I have managed a decent photo of an inflight Roller. We sat waiting for about 15 minutes for it to take off - as our guide was convinced it would! This gave time to choose my inflight settings and I also zoomed back (220mm) so that I would have a better chance of getting it in the frame (it is then cropped).

[michael-ibk]

A great shot - well worth waiting for!

[Peter Connan]

Jip, lovely shot and worth waiting for!

[pedro maia]

Beautiful that lilac breated roller picture.

 

Who will catch Michael first, @TonyQ or @Tdgraves?

 

What a cliffhanger .

[xelas]

11 minutes ago, pedro maia said:

 

Who will catch Michael first, @TonyQ or @Tdgraves?

 Tough call; but race for the Big Year 2019 is still open also for other participants .

[Tdgraves]

16 minutes ago, pedro maia said:

Beautiful that lilac breated roller picture.

 

Who will catch Michael first, @TonyQ or @Tdgraves?

 

What a cliffhanger .

 

@pedro maia

Clearly not me! I am already on my last day in KNP and @TonyQ is only on “L”

[Galana]

Really splendid LBR in flight.

[Kitsafari]

Beautiful LBR in awesome BIF shot! worth waiting for. 

[PeterHG]

Great flight shot of the roller!

[Dave Williams]

Some superb photographs Tony. I'm envious of your Crane and Bustard sightings just to name a couple.Grey-headed Bushshrikes were heard in several places in KNP but I never did get to see one. 

Must admit I thought the Scimitarbill was a Green Wood Hoopoe too but my book is packed away in the luggage hold right now! ( I see no one is challenging @Tdgraves over her shot of one though!!!!

You're Ostrich needs to consider using a higher factor sun block!!!

[TonyQ]

@michael-ibk @Peter Connan @pedro maia @xelas @Tdgraves @Galana @Kitsafari @PeterHG @Dave Williams

Thank you!

 

439.K101. Lesser Honeyguide  Indicator minor teitensis       

Kicheche Valley Camp (Mara Naboisho)        15.09.2019

Taken from our tent

[TonyQ]

440.K102. Lesser-Striped Swallow  Hirundo abyssinica unitatis       

Mara Naboisho Conservancy  13.09.2019

[TonyQ]

441.K103. Little Bee-Eater  Merops pusillus cyanostictus     

Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

Nairobi National Park  04.09.2019

Always nice to see Bee-eaters, this was the only species we saw on this trip

[TonyQ]

K104. Little Egret.  Egretta garzetta garzetta 

Already seen in UK and India

Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019

[TonyQ]

442.K105. Little Sparrowhawk  Accipiter minullus     

Selenkay Conservancy           05.09.2019

[TonyQ]

K106.Little Stint.  Calidris minuta    

Already seen in india  

Amboseli National Park           06.09.2019