Reach for the skies!!! My tern to fly high!

[Dave Williams]

374)Cape or Village Weaver?

Another ID dilemma! 

Hluhluwe reserve KZN.

Cape or Village Weaver?   BY373 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Galana]

53 minutes ago, Dave Williams said:

371) Yellow Weaver

I'm open for a challenge on the ID of this one.

Not from me! It's good. "The Eyes have it!"

 

Much the same with your scruffy Village Weaver.

A nice few additions as your luck continues. I too appreciate the sheer serendipity of some sightings such a Secretary bird. Like busses, you wait for ages then three come along at once.

[Dave Williams]

3 hours ago, Galana said:

Not from me! It's good. "The Eyes have it!"

 

Much the same with your scruffy Village Weaver.

A nice few additions as your luck continues. I too appreciate the sheer serendipity of some sightings such a Secretary bird. Like busses, you wait for ages then three come along at once.

Looking at the sash guide the female Cape Weaver has a red eye too it seems Fred.That's why I wasn't too sure. My thoughts were Village though. Both are possible were I saw it though.

Edited October 19, 2022 by Dave Williams

[Dave Williams]

375)Southern Ground Hornbill.

High up my wanted list, I only saw them in Kruger but when I did I had some brilliant views.

Southern Ground Hornbill    BY375 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

376)Striped Kingfisher

Isimangaliso Wetlands,KZN

Striped Kingfisher.  BY376 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

377)Square-tailed Drongo

St Lucia,KZN

Square-tailed Drongo.   BY377 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

378)Spotted Thick-knee 

Night drive from Mantua camp in Umkhuze reserve.

Spotted Thick-knee.   BY378 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

379)Spur-winged Goose

Isimangaliso wetland reserve. Also seen at Ndumo...uglier avian critter I don't remember seeing

Spur-winged Goose.   BY379 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

380)Speckled Mousebird

Umkhuze reserve, KZN

Speckled Mousebird.   BY380 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

381)Subantarctic Skua

On a whale watching trip off St Lucia in the Indian Ocean

Subantarctic Skua.   BY381 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

382)Swainson's Spurfowl

Kruger NP

Swainson's Spurfowl.    BY382 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Kitsafari]

Excellent additions. very close to 400 now. 

[Galana]

21 hours ago, Dave Williams said:

the female Cape Weaver has a red eye too it seems Fred.That's why I wasn't too sure. My thoughts were Village though.

Female Cape Weaver has 'brown eye' and the bill is horn coloured not black in my book. (Years out of print so no doubt been split and re-lumped many times already )

Anyhoo. Your scruffy male Village Weaver is clearly showing the vestiges of his breeding black mask and his ID without a shadow of a doubt.

[Dave Williams]

383) Swift Tern

St Lucia estuary. Yet another "lifer" and they were in plentiful supply.Look just like Greater Crested Terns to me!

Swift Tern.        BY383 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

384)Tambourine Dove

Another lifer seen at one of the hides in UMkhuze reserve,KZN.

Tambourine Dove   BY 384 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

385) Tawny Eagle

Some confusion here. Tawny Eagles have yellow eyes.

 

Tawny Eagle  BY385 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

386) Wahlberg's Eagle.    Tawny Eagle

Whalbergs have brown eyes.

 

Wahlberg's Eagle   BY386 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

 

 

so any guesses on this one?

 

Eagle ! by Dave Williams, on Flickr

Edited October 20, 2022 by Dave Williams

[Galana]

29 minutes ago, Dave Williams said:

so any guesses on this one?

Tawny. Nostril shape and season.

[Dave Williams]

27 minutes ago, Galana said:

Tawny. Nostril shape and season.

 

My thoughts too..it has yellow eyes but it looks like the Whalberg's otherwise.

[Tdgraves]

Your wahlberg’s also looks like a tawny to me….

[Dave Williams]

31 minutes ago, Tdgraves said:

Your wahlberg’s also looks like a tawny to me….

 

I think you are correct ! Tawny is more likely in early August in KNP.

[Dave Williams]

386) Tawny-flanked Prinia

Biyamiti Bushveld camp KNP

Tawny-flanked Prinia.   BY386 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

387) Thick-billed Weaver

Just the one seen before I got to St Lucia, then my lifer became an everyday sighting!

Thick-billed Weaver.   BY387 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

388)Three-banded Plover

St Lucia estuary.

Three-banded Plover.  BY388 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

389)Trumpeter Hornbill

The bedroom window of the owners of our guest house in Malelane. Thankfully not our room that they visit every morning! The noise they make is weird, then they tap on the window...amongst other things!

Trumpeter Hornbill.  BY389 by Dave Williams, on Flickr