PC's apologetically late and small year.

[TonyQ]

Great to see all these South African birds. Beautiful!

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @TonyQ

[Peter Connan]

72) Hooded Vulture

 

Monnikaasvoel

 

Necrosyrtes monachus

 

 

8 February, Marafika

[Peter Connan]

73) Grey Go-away bird

 

Kwevoel

 

Corythaixoides concolor

 

9 February, Marafika

[Peter Connan]

74) Laughing Dove

 

Rooiborsduifie

 

Streptopelia senegalensis

 

8 February, Marafika

 

28 November, Rietvlei

[PeterHG]

Beautiful shot of the two vulture species in the same tree.

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @PeterHG

[Peter Connan]

75) Natal Francolin

 

Natalse Fisant

 

Pternistes natalensis

 

8 February, Marafika

[Peter Connan]

76) Red-backed Shrike

 

Rooiruglaksman

 

Lanius collurio

 

9 February, Marafika

[Peter Connan]

77) Yellow-billed Hornbill

 

Geelbekneushoringvoel

 

Tockus leucomelas

 

 

9 February, Marafika

[Peter Connan]

78) Water Thick-knee

 

Waterdikkop

 

Burhinus vermiculatus

 

9 February, Marafika

[Peter Connan]

79) Wahlberg's Eagle (or maybe it's a Tawny?)

 

Bruinarend  (of dalk Roofarend)

 

Aquila Wahlbergi (or is that Aquila Rapax?)

 

8 August, Marafika.

Edited December 6, 2020 by Peter Connan

[Peter Connan]

80) And here is another attempt at passing some poor unsuspecting LBJ off as a

 

Brown-crowned Tchagra

 

Rooivlerktjagra

 

Tchagra australis

 

8 August, Marafika

[Galana]

1 hour ago, Peter Connan said:

79) TawnyEagle (or maybe it's a Wahlberg's?)

Your call @Peter Connanbut there are definite signs that would incline me towards Wahlberg's.

The hint of a flat head and 'crest' and brown eye are two. (Tawny has a yellow eye but just to confuse, younger birds may have a brown eye). Nostril shape and position also suggest Wahlberg's.

Nice Tchagra.

Edited December 6, 2020 by Galana
added text.

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @Galana. I suspected that Wahlbergs is the most likely option...

Fortunately neither was in the count before.

[Tdgraves]

I agree with wahlberg’s and that IS a tchagra! 

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @Tdgraves

[Peter Connan]

81) Red-headed Weaver

 

Rooikopwewer

 

Anaplectes rubriceps

 

This, amazingly, is a bird I had never seen before. And so the first one would always be a colour morph wouldn't it?

 

 

8 February, Marafika

[Peter Connan]

And this is the last of the birds that were fortunately backed up before the laptop crashed. There were many of them, so I apologize for a slight overload!

 

 

 

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8 February, Marafika

[michael-ibk]

Great Kingfisher - one of my favourites, love their call.

[Galana]

5 hours ago, Peter Connan said:

And so the first one would always be a colour morph wouldn't it?

Surely just a female or NBr male?

Commiserations that you (we) have now got to the end or your 'saves'.

Great Kingfisher.

[shazdwn]

That last kingfisher shot is sublime

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @michael-ibk, @Galanaand @shazdwn

 

Fred, according to my book the yellow is a fairly common morph, and he was certainly acting like a mature breeding male to my un-trained eye. He was both collecting nesting material and chasing after the ladies.

[Galana]

What book is that @Peter Connan? Always fascinated by the diversity of the forum so simply curious as I had never heard of a yellow breeding morph. And it is not mentioned in any of my books (although these are field guides and not heavy scientific tomes.) Even 'Google' is failing to produce any reference but we are never too old to learn.

[Peter Connan]

@Galana, I have now realised that I did not use my book as I had not taken it along. I used a book I found on the property, and now I am not sure what it was. It may have been an early Sinclair, but it could just as easily have been anything else.

 

My book (Sappi) says non-breeding male has a yellow wash on it's face, so maybe he was still changing colour (although it's a strange time of year for that)?