Michael‘s Seventh Year

[Tdgraves]

Not just relaxed birding to get 35 extra birds for your BY then! Well done on all of the lifers.

[TonyQ]

The Gorgeous Bushshrike is indeed gorgeous and wonderfully named

[Galana]

Steady on. This is almost getting too much for me to take in .Well doen indeed. Some lovely birds and I even enjoyed the Cisticola.

[Kitsafari]

all new to me too! are you trying to hit 1,111 perhaps, to make it an even number? 

[Zim Girl]

Still going, and with so many lifers!

[michael-ibk]

Thanks everybody! Seldomseen was indeed a very good place for lifers, such a different habitat there. 

 

1013/Z48) Dideric aka Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius) / Goldkuckuck

 

Vumba Mountains, 2/11/22. One of the classic three Green Cuckoos. Heard quite a bit in Uganda but never saw it there.

 

[michael-ibk]

1014/Z49) Miombo Rock Thrush (Monticola angolensis)/ Miomborötel

 

Vumba Mountains, 2/11/22. An important target bird and another lifer. A distant sighting of the female was all I got for photos. Glimpsed the colourful male too, but about a kilometre away.

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1015/Z50) Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis) / Samtweber

 

Vumba Mountains, 2/11/22. Could have sworn I had seen this common bird in Uganda but no.

 

 

 

[xelas]

#1001 ... what a perfect background! You should use it as a greeting card.

[michael-ibk]

1016/Z51) Yellow-Bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia) / Gelbbauchastrild

 

Vumba Mountains, 2/11/22. An old friend from Kenya‘s Aberdares.

 

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

3 minutes ago, xelas said:

#1001 ... what a perfect background! You should use it as a greeting card.

 

The background is nice indeed, the OOF twigs in front are not. 

[michael-ibk]

1017/Z52) Streaky-Headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis) / Südbrauengirlitz

 

Vumba Mountains, 2/11/22. Ebc, but another lifer.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1018/Z53) White-Tailed Crested Flycatcher (Elminia albonotata) / Berghaubenschnäpper

 

Vumba Mountains, 2/11/22. Very fast-moving bird, and the light was gone by now. Another lifer.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1019/Z54) Red-Capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis) / Natalrötel

 

Vumba Mountains, 2/11/22. Beautiful Robin-Chat I‘ve only seen three times before. Glimpsed in Uganda but no photo there.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1020/Z55) Natal Spurfowl (Pternistis natalensis) / Natalfrankolin

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. Yes, we have left the lifer magic of Seldomseen. More familiar safari birds coming up now.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1021/Z56) Klaas‘s Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas) / Klaaskuckuck

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. Completing the Green Cuckoo triumvirate. Unfortunately not a very green one, a female here.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1022/Z57) Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) / Südlicher Gelbschnabeltoko

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. Abundant and bold.

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1023/Z58) White-Browed aka Red-Backed Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys) / Weißbrauen-Heckensänger

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. Wonderful singer.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1024/Z59) Southern Cordon Bleu aka Blue Waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis) / Schmetterlingsfink

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. I wish our Sparrows were as beautiful as these similarly common birds.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1025/Z60) Red-Faced Mousebird (Urocolius indicus) / Rotzügel-Mausvogel

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. A Southern African Mousebird.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1026/Z61) Purple aka Rufous-Crowned Roller (Coracias naevius) / Strichelracke

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. A regularly but never often seen bird on safari.

 

 

 

 

 

[BRACQUENE]

Well you can imagine I was waiting for this part Michael : Gonarezhou to end the year what a treat especially with your quality of pictures

[michael-ibk]

1027/Z62) (Acacia) Pied Barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas) / Rotstirn-Bartvogel

 

Gonarezhou NP. An ebc. This is a Kalahari bird for me since that‘s the only place I‘ve ever seen it before. IOC has Acacia Pied and Miombo Pied, ebird sees both as one species (Pied Barbet). 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1 minute ago, BRACQUENE said:

Well you can imagine I was waiting for this part Michael : Gonarezhou to end the year what a treat especially with your quality of pictures

 

Thank you Peter, very kind. Only a small selection of birds coming up here since most were doubles from Uganda. But TR will arrive soon, fully intend to do it in January.

[michael-ibk]

1028/Z63) Brown-Headed Parrot (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) / Braunkopfpapagei

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. First lifer in this park. Pretty common but never really gave me a good opportunity.