tdgraves big year 2022 - here's hoping it's (all) better!

[Peter Connan]

Congratulations on the 300!

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @Galanaand @Peter Connan

[michael-ibk]

Congrats on #300, well done. A great start to your Kenya birds with stellar pictures, I am looking forward to seeing the rest. Very impressed with your Slaty Boubou, that has alwayys been a very tricky bird for me. 

[Tdgraves]

48 minutes ago, michael-ibk said:

Congrats on #300, well done. A great start to your Kenya birds with stellar pictures, I am looking forward to seeing the rest. Very impressed with your Slaty Boubou, that has alwayys been a very tricky bird for me. 

We had almost daily sightings, but in camp is usually the time for better bird photos - this is always the case, but particularly so on this trip. 

[Dave Williams]

Well done on the 300. Interesting that so far none of those birds from Kenya were on my SA list.

 

[Tdgraves]

49 minutes ago, Dave Williams said:

Well done on the 300. Interesting that so far none of those birds from Kenya were on my SA list.

 

 

Probably as I am posting the lifers first, which pretty much by definition means that they do not occur in SA, otherwise I'd have seen them during my myriad previous trips.... 

[Kitsafari]

Congrats on the 300th! Im curious how many lifers you got from Kenya (+tanzania)

[Tdgraves]

4 minutes ago, Kitsafari said:

Congrats on the 300th! Im curious how many lifers you got from Kenya (+tanzania)

I haven't added it up yet, but I'd say lots...

[Tdgraves]

Elewana Tortilis camp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 12/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 320, f7.1, 1/1250, EV +2/3

 

J19A7636 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

301) White-bellied canary

[Tdgraves]

And for @Dave Williams

 

Elewana Tortilis camp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 12/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/3200

 

J19A7577 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/400, EV +2/3

 

J19A7582 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

302) Black cuckooshrike

[Tdgraves]

Elewana Tortilis camp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 13/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 800, f5.6, 1/640, EV +1 2/3

 

J19A8253 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

303) Parrot-billed sparrow

[Tdgraves]

Elewana Tortilis camp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 11/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 640, f5.6, 1/640

 

J19A6619 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 500, f5.6, 1/640

 

J19A6645 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

304) Long-tailed fiscal

[Tdgraves]

Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 13/9/22

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 200-400 f/4L, ISO 800, f4, 1/3200

 

7T4A1604 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

305) Winding cisticola

[Tdgraves]

Elewana Tortilis camp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 13/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 800, f7.1, 1/1250, EV +1

 

J19A8317 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 800, f7.1, 1/12000, EV +2/3

 

J19A8326 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

306) Beautiful sunbird (didn't want to pose...)

Edited October 23, 2022 by Tdgraves
typo

[Tdgraves]

Elewana Tortilis camp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 11/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/400

 

J19A6605 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 640, f6.3, 1/1000

 

J19A6615 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

307) Spotted Morning-Thrush (Palm-thrush)

[xelas]

Another of hitting the #300 ... congratulations!

[TonyQ]

Well done on racing past 300

Some beautiful birds already from Kenya - and a great sequence of the vultures for number 300 itself.

 

[Tdgraves]

46 minutes ago, TonyQ said:

Well done on racing past 300

Some beautiful birds already from Kenya - and a great sequence of the vultures for number 300 itself.

 

Thanks. This was the transfer from the airstrip to camp on our first day! A portent of things to come…

[lmSA84]

Congrats on the 300. I love the Snettisham shots

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @lmSA84 makes me feel better about them!

[lmSA84]

3 minutes ago, Tdgraves said:

Thanks @lmSA84 makes me feel better about them!

You should - I think they're excellent. I definitely plan to try get there now

[pedro maia]

Congrats on #300 with a (ugly) beatifull vulture!

 

Looking forward to see the rest of your Kenya birds.

[Tdgraves]

Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 13/9/22

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 200-400 f/4L, ISO 800, f4, 1/400

 

7T4A1578 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

307) Spur-winged lapwing

[Tdgraves]

Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 13/9/22

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 200-400 f/4L, ISO 800, f5.6, 1/1000

 

7T4A1593 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

308) Long-toed lapwing

[Tdgraves]

Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 11/9/22

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 200-400 f/4L, ISO 320, f5.6, 1/2500

 

7T4A0099 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

13/9/22 Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 800, f7.1, 1/1600

 

J19A8332 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

309) Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse