PeterHG's fifth attempt

[PeterHG]

123 (SA 111).Lilac-breasted Roller. Kruger, February. Seen daily, but alway a joy to watch. 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

The classics never go old Peter - beautiful! And love the Woodpecker video.

[PeterHG]

124 (SA 112).Little Swift. Kruger, February. The most common of the swifts.

 

[PeterHG]

125 (SA 113). Cape Sparrow. Kruger, February. Quite common. This one was taken at the Satara campsite. We had rented a cottage there, but the (very quiet) campsite proved a nice place to do some birding every now and then.

 

Edited April 4, 2020 by PeterHG

[PeterHG]

. Lesser Masked Weaver (already in the count, thanks for the advice) Kruger, February. Same place as the previous one.

 

Edited April 4, 2020 by PeterHG

[Tdgraves]

@PeterHG my ears pricked up with Cape weaver, as we have never knowingly seen one in the Kruger. Yours seems to have grey legs, which would make it a Lesser masked female...

[PeterHG]

The more time I spend at home, the sloppier I become . I do think you are right, thank you!

[Galana]

20 minutes ago, Tdgraves said:

@PeterHG my ears pricked up with Cape weaver

I prefer to use my eyes as the sound is turned down.

Talking of eyes.......Hmmm!

[PeterHG]

126 (SA 114) Red-faced Mousebird. Kruger, February. Only seen on a few occasions.

 

[PeterHG]

127 (SA 115) Woodland Kingfisher. Kruger, February. The most common of the kingfishers, seen (and especially heard) almost daily.

 

 

Mainly feeding on large insects,frogs and snakes and we found it with this catch in the early evening. Barely enough light for a photo, but worth showing I though.

 

[PeterHG]

128 (SA 116). European Bee-eater. Kruger, February. Rather common in this period.

 

[PeterHG]

129 (SA 117). Spotted Flycatcher. Kruger, February. I do hope to see this little flycatcher later this year in our country, but it is not common at all in the area I live.

 

[PeterHG]

130 (SA 118). White-fronted Bee-eater. Kruger February. Just to prove it did rain occasionally...

 

[Galana]

Splendid and interesting shot of the Woodland Kingfisher with mammal prey. A Woodmouse perhaps?

[Peter Connan]

Stunning shots of the Woodland and the Bee-eater in the rain!

[xelas]

Nothing to add to above accolades. It is interesting to see the Woodie in a different colour.

[TonyQ]

Beautiful Bee-eater photos, and a fascinating photo of the Kingfisher with mouse!

[PeterHG]

Thank you @Galana, @Peter Connan, @xelas, @TonyQ

 

131 (SA 119). Sabota Lark. Kruger, February. Seen and heard on many days.

 

[PeterHG]

132 (SA 120) Double-banded Sandgrouse. Kruger, February. Only seen on one occasion

 

[PeterHG]

133 (SA 121) Little Grebe (Dabchick). Kruger, February

 

[PeterHG]

134 (SA 122). African Hoopoe. Kruger, February. Not a chance this year of seeing its European counterpart, I'm afraid.

 

[PeterHG]

135 (SA 123). Red-breasted Swallow. Kruger, Ferbruary

 

[PeterHG]

136 (SA 124) Arrow-marked Babbler. Kruger, February.

 

[PeterHG]

137 (SA 125) Black-shouldered Kite. Kruger, February. A rather common bird-of prey, but the eyes always make me stop when the light is right. Definitely one of my favourite raptors. As it was perched at some distance I took this with the 2.0 converter. At a 1200mm equivalent it came very close

 

[michael-ibk]

2 hours ago, PeterHG said:

Not a chance this year of seeing its European counterpart, I'm afraid.

 

Don´t you get them in the Netherlands Peter? Here they are very rare but (especially now) there might be a chance.

 

Beautiful photo of the Black-Shouldered Kite.