What will almost certainly be a quiet little year - Soukous 2019

[Soukous]

#123 - Temminck's Courser - Cursorius temminckii

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

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#124 - Burchell's Sandgrouse - Pterocles buchelli

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

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#125 - Black-headed Heron - Ardea melanocephala

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

 

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#126 - Three-banded Plover - Charadrius tricollaris 

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

 

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#127 - Red-billed Quelea - Quelea quelea

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

 

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# 128 - Blue Waxbill - Uraeginthus angolensis

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

 

 

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#129 - Saddle-billed Stork - Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

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#130 - African Harrier Hawk / Gymnogene - Polyboroides typus

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TonyQ]

Always a treat to see Thick-knees

Excellent photos 

[Kitsafari]

gorgeous shots of the african harrier hawk - they are just so beautiful. 

Edited June 5, 2019 by Kitsafari

[xelas]

@Soukous, your Little Quiet Year is spiralling out of control ... with fantastic photos for us to enjoy !

[Soukous]

3 hours ago, Kitsafari said:

gorgeous shots of the african harrier hawk - they are just so beautiful. 

 

I was fortunate that it stayed in one spot for almost a minute and allowed photos

[Soukous]

39 minutes ago, xelas said:

@Soukous, your Little Quiet Year is spiralling out of control ... with fantastic photos for us to enjoy !

 

Out of control? Hardly. I have a few more images from Zimbabwe to post and then it will go quiet for a few months.

Unless something unexpected comes along I have no more travel plans until November. 

[Soukous]

# 131 - LesserJacana - Microparra capensis

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

 

 

 

[Soukous]

#132 - Lilac-breasted Roller - Coracias caudatus

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

I wasn't going to bother with posting a Lilac-breasted Roller as they are so widely photographed and always look terrific. But I like the punk plumage on the first one and the wonderful early morning light on the second.

 

 

 

[Soukous]

#133 - White-crested Helmet-shrike - Prionops plumatus

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

 

[Soukous]

#134 - Barn Owl - Tyto alba

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019.

 

We marvelled for a long time just how Timothy, our tracker, managed to spot this owl, it was so well hidden.

Even when we had reversed back and were staring at the bush where it was perched, all of us struggled to locate it - including our guide who was no slouch.

It was even suggested that the sighting was so 'impossible' that we should go back and check that it wasn't a prop, nailed to the tree.

 

 

[Soukous]

#135 - Double-banded Sandgrouse - Pterocles bicinctus

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

 

 

 

[Peter Connan]

Great shots of the lesser Jacana!

[Soukous]

It looks as though I've done it again.

This time I've double posted the Red-billed Quelea - posts 63 & 127. 

I thought I'd checked my list of Tanzania posts but clearly not carefully enough. 

So the next post will be 135. 

[Soukous]

#135 - Red-crested Korhaan - Lophotis ruficrista

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

 

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#136 - Three-banded Courser - Rhinoptilus cinctus

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

Not a great shot as it was taken after dark when the spotlight found it.

 

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#137 - Pied Kingfisher - Ceryle rudis

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

 

 

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#138 - Racket-tailed Roller - Coracias spatulatus

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

We found two of these lovely birds in a forested area not far from camp but they refused to move  out of the shadows.

 

 

 

 

[Soukous]

#139 - African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019