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


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100 up and a worthy subject. Sorry you were not well in Karoo.

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A beautiful Sunbird, and congratulations on #100!

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Well done on reaching 100

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Peter Connan

A magnificent bird to reach the century on! 

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Congratulations on reaching the 100!

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Dave Williams

100 up.Nice one.

 So it's quality over quantity is it! Well you certainly have the quality, every one a winner so far! Keep it up.

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10 hours ago, Dave Williams said:

100 up.Nice one.

 So it's quality over quantity is it! Well you certainly have the quality, every one a winner so far! Keep it up.

 

Thanks Dave. 

I'm sure there will come a point when I start posting some of the ones I think are boring or 'ebc' quality if I get close to a meaningful total but I'd far rather have a list that I can enjoy looking through myself. 

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congrats on the 100th?

 

Quiet year, did someone say?

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Just back from a wonderful trip to Zimbabwe. 

I was checking through my Big Year to see what I've already posted and noticed that although I double posted the Grey-Backed Fiscal (19 & 24), I took account of that with post 61, where I posted the Secretarybird and the Black-shouldered Kite both as 61.

What this means is that my Laughing Dove was in fact correct at 99, the Grey Woodpecker was 100 and the Malachite Sunbird should have been 101.

 

Minor details but might save dissent later on.

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so, back to business. 

Before I start posting some images from Zimbabwe, where sadly for me many birds were duplicates of what I'd seen in Tanzania, here's something from my garden.

 

# 102 - Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus

Suffolk, UK. Mar 2019

 

Mistle Thrush

 

Mistle Thrush

 

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Peter Connan

Stunning shots!

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Dave Williams

Mistle Thrush are a difficult one as they are usually very wary! Excellent captures.

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OK, now to Zimbabwe.

Although my latest safari was hugely enjoyable, I must confess to being a bit disappointed with the birds we managed to record and photograph. Perhaps it was due the fact that I'd seen so many in Tanzania not so long ago, but I had expected a lot more.

 

Anyhoo, here we go.

 

#103 Zitting Cisticola - Cisticola juncidis

Hwange NP, May 2019

 

We spent a long time watching these little fellas flitting around in the long grass and had much discussion about what they were. In the end we settled on Zitting Cisticola. (As I write this I can sense the Manx Marvel rubbing his hands with glee as  I get another one wrong :wacko:)

 

Zitting Cisticola

 

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#104 - Blacksmith Lapwing - Vanellus armatus

Hwange NP, May 2019

 

Blacksmith Lapwing

 

Blacksmith Lapwing

 

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#105 - Bearded Woodpecker - Dendropicos namaquus

Hwange NP, May 2019

 

Bearded Woodpecker

 

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#106 - Southern White-crowned Shrike - Eurocephalus anguitimens

Hwange NP, May 2019

 

Southern White-crowned Shrike

 

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#107 -  Shikra - Accipiter badius

Hwange NP, May 2019

 

shikra

 

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#108 -  Swallow-tailed Bee-eater - Merops hirundineus

Hwange NP, May 2019.

 

Unfortunately for me, the only sighting we got of this Bee-eater was on an overcast day, so the colours are rather muted.

 

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

 

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

 

 

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#109 - Senegal Coucal - Centropus senegalensis

Hwange NP, May 2019

 

Senegal Coucal

 

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@Soukous

Assuming to be the subject of your soubriquet you can relax.  Zitter is also called Fan-tailed and it shows well.<_<

Relax more as I am up in Western Scotland and all my African Field Guides are safely back home.

A very nice start.

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15 hours ago, Galana said:

@Soukous

Assuming to be the subject of your soubriquet you can relax.  Zitter is also called Fan-tailed and it shows well.<_<

Relax more as I am up in Western Scotland and all my African Field Guides are safely back home.

A very nice start.

 

Aah, Western Scotland, one of my favourite places. ... and what's this about Field Guides???? I thought you had it all in your head. An illusion shattered. :D

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#110 - White-browed Sparrow Weaver - Plocepasser mahali

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

White-Browed Sparrow Weaver

 

White-browed Sparrow Weaver

 

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#111 - Purple Roller - Coracias naevius

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

Confession time. There was a horrible twig that ran right across the Roller's bill which spoiled the image so I cloned it out. No pixel-peeping please. :ph34r:

 

Purple Roller

 

Purple Roller

 

 

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#112 - Red-billed Hornbill - Tockus erythrorhynchus

Hwange NP, Zimbabwe. May 2019

 

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

 

Red-billed Hornbill

 

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