Michael´s Fifth Year

[michael-ibk]

99/T55.) Red-Necked Spurfowl (Francolinus afer) / Rotkehlfrankolin

 

Abundant in Ruaha.

 

 

[michael-ibk]

100/T56.) Grey-Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) / Südafrika-Kronenkranich

 

One bird in Ruaha - one of the most iconic African birds to me, love them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten bucks that Galana just had a fit and started typing furiously "This is a Grey Crowned Crane and not a Grey-Crowned Crane the Crown is not Grey dammit!"

[michael-ibk]

101/T57.) Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostris) / Schwarzkielralle

 

A few birds seen from the boat in the Selous.

 

[michael-ibk]

102/T58.) African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) / Blaustirn-Blatthühnchen

 

Surprisingly scarce in the Selous (the only place we saw them), we had to make a real effort to find one.

 

[michael-ibk]

103/T59.) White-Bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) / Senegaltrappe

 

One bird in Ruaha. We saw three different Bustards but only one sighting of each.

 

[michael-ibk]

104/T60.) Black-Bellied Bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster) / Schwarzbauchtrappe

 

One bird just as we were leaving the Selous.

 

 

[michael-ibk]

105/T61.) Buff-Crested Bustard (Eupodotis gindiana) / Oustaletttrappe

 

Seen in Ruaha. A lifer for me, I was delighted about seeing one.

 

 

Up next (in a while): Waders

 

[pedro maia]

Very nice pictures Michael, waiting for the waders.

[TonyQ]

Well done on reaching 100, and a fine bird to achieve that

[Galana]

3 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

Ten bucks that Galana just had a fit and started typing furiously "This is a Grey Crowned Crane and not a Grey-Crowned Crane the Crown is not Grey dammit!"

You would have lost. Pay up.

But seeing as how you have mentioned the point why not confuse us further by dropping the hyphen and capitalising the 2nd word for the three Bustards?

Well-done-on-your-first-century.

[xelas]

3 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

Ten bucks that Galana just had a fit and started typing furiously "This is a Grey Crowned Crane and not a Grey-Crowned Crane the Crown is not Grey dammit!"

 

And he would be right. It is Grey and has a Crown and is a Crane 

 

All beuatiful photos! My quick count says you are leading for about 10 birds in the so far posted categories. And about 100 points in quality .

 

[PeterHG]

Congrats on a beautiful #100 Michael! Again many wonderful photos in your additions.

[Kitsafari]

On 3/20/2020 at 1:57 AM, mvecht said:

@michael-ibk   I have seen Red -necked Falcon in Namibia and Botswana so not quite sure what you mean by your comment regarding reaching the Southern end of their range? Another subspecies discussion? 

 

 

me too, last year - in the CKGR if I recall correctly. 

 

[Kitsafari]

awesome set of stunning birds of prey but didn't you miss this one? 

 

 

[Galana]

4 hours ago, Kitsafari said:

but didn't you miss this one? 

I thought that was a Green-crowned Crane!

[elefromoz]

@michael-ibk,great collection of Raptors and Vultures from your trip. Looking forward to your report.

[Peter Connan]

Congrats on the 100, and a great bird to get there on.

MAgnificent shot of the Black Crake!

[michael-ibk]

Thanks everybody - onwards and upwards!

 

106/T62.) Crab-Plover (Dromas adreola) / Reiherläufer

 

A bird I had really wanted to see, a lifer for me. Not uncommon during low tide on Mafia - unfortunately we had pretty bad weather there so many birds coming up are not exactly stellar shots.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

107/T63.) Water Thick-Knee (Burhinus vermiculatus) / Wassertriel

 

Only in the Selous where it was quite common at water´s edge.

 

[michael-ibk]

108/T64.) Heuglin´s or Three-Banded Courser (Rhinoptiuls cinctus) / Bindenrennvogel

 

A very pretty Courser I´ve only seen in Kenya (Lake Baringo) before.

 

 

This one was apparently injured. Don´t think it was doing the old broken wing trick, the way it walked it was obvious is was not in a good state.

 

[michael-ibk]

109/T65.) Spur-Winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) / Spornkiebitz

 

Quite common in the Selous.

 

[michael-ibk]

110/T66.) White-Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) / Weißscheitelkiebitz

 

A few birds seen from the boat in the Selous. Not as abundant as in other areas where they occur.

 

[michael-ibk]

111/T67.) Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) / Kronenkiebitz

 

One distant sighting in the Selous, heavy crop here. Seemed out of place there given that they are dry country birds, and Selous was extremely wet. But then, Tanzania had an unusually wet wet season.

 

[michael-ibk]

112/T68.) Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris) / Trauerkiebitz

 

One sighting only, in the Selous. Not a very familiar bird for me, have only seen it in Rwanda so far.

 

[michael-ibk]

113/T69.) Three-Banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris) / Dreibandregenpfeifer

 

This litte chap, OTOH, is one of the most reliable birds to meet on safari. Never numerous, but around pretty much anywhere. My records say I have sightings in Bots, Mana Pools, Kafue, Lake Langano, Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa. This one is from Ruaha.

 

 

 

Edited March 21, 2020 by michael-ibk