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

[Kitsafari]

ooh love that flying Tawny!

excellent haul from Kenya, and you aren't done yet, are you?

 

[shazdwn]

Just caught up. Really enjoying your Kenyan birds as I will be there in early Jan

[PeterHG]

Beautiful Tawny Eagle shots!

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @Galana @Kitsafari @TonyQ  @shazdwn and  @PeterHG

still more to come…..

[Tdgraves]

Meru National Park, Kenya, 15/9/22

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 200-400 f/4 L, ISO 200, f5.6, 1/1600

 

7T4A2340 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

370) Cut-throat finch

[Tdgraves]

just found a nice buffalo weaver duplicate

 

7T4A2351 by tdgraves, on Flickr

[Tdgraves]

Meru National Park, Kenya, 15/9/22

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 200-400 f/4 L, ISO 640, f4, 1/1000

 

7T4A2385 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

371) Northern red-billed hornbill

[Tdgraves]

Meru National Park, Kenya, 15/9/22

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 200-400 f/4 L, ISO 500, f5.6, 1/640, EV + 1 2/3

 

7T4A2397 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

371) Pygmy falcon

[Tdgraves]

Meru National Park, Kenya, 16/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/2000

 

J19A8903 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

372) Secretary bird

[Tdgraves]

Looks like I forgot to post this from the Kruger, where we saw lots....

 

Meru National Park, Kenya, 16/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1000, f5.6, 1/1000

 

J19A8982 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

7T4A2653 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

373) Black-headed oriole

Edited November 19, 2022 by Tdgraves
extra photo

[Tdgraves]

Meru National Park, Kenya, 16/9/22

 

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

 

J19A9043 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

374) Purple roller

[Tdgraves]

Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya, 122/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/1600

 

J19A3798a by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

375) Brimstone canary

Edited November 19, 2022 by Tdgraves
better photo

[Tdgraves]

Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya, 21/9/22

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 200-400 f/4 L, ISO 800, f5.6, 1/640

 

7T4A5826a by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

376) Spotted thick-knee

[Tdgraves]

I've just noticed that I have posted a moorhen twice, so this corrects the count

 

Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 24/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/2500

 

J19A5421 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

376 again) Red-capped lark

[Tdgraves]

Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 24/9/22

 

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

 

J19A5571 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

377) African firefinch 

[Tdgraves]

Amboseli National Park, Kenya, 11/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 640, f10, 1/2000

 

J19A6585 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

378) Zitting cisticola

[Dave Williams]

Some cracking shots but the Secretary Bird is my standout. Very enviable capture.

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @Dave Williamsit was lovely light on that morning

[Tdgraves]

Karen Gables, Nairobi, Kenya, 24/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 800, f5.6, 1/1000, EV +1

 

J19A5792 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

379) Variable sunbird

[Tdgraves]

Karen Gables, Nairobi, Kenya, 24/9/22

 

Canon 7D mark II, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1250, f7.1, 1/640

 

J19A5899 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

380) Red-billed firefinch

[xelas]

Catching up and there are so many great birds and photos.

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @xelas

[Galana]

On 11/16/2022 at 6:11 PM, Tdgraves said:

Thanks Fred and the mystery bird?

Well now. I don't think it is  a Pipit as there are no Malar stripes and it is surprising fact that Kenya is particularly 'short' of Pipit species.

So having wondered loosely on a Pale Prinia I fear we are left with the dreaded 'C' Word.

Most likely we have 'just' another Zitter very similar to your offering at #378. Even the vegetation looks similar.

But if you would like another tick then the 'common and widespread' cousin of Zit is Desert Cisticola which fits well.

Having caught up now, sleep as well as library, I would go for that and offer praise to your efforts. I met none of your kin north of the border but maybe will share birds when I get to Tsavo next year! 

[Tdgraves]

Without a positive ID on my mystery bird, I am drawing a line under Kenya. I have looked at lots of pipits and larks and think they are all the same ones as already posted....

 

I have managed to get out and about here a bit (in between the much needed rain).

 

RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire, 18/11/22

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark II, ISO 2000, f5.6, 1/320

 

7T4A8948 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

381) Common chaffinch

[Tdgraves]

RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire, 18/11/22

 

Canon 5D mark IV, 100-400 mark II, ISO 2500, f5.6, 1/320, EV +1

 

7T4A8954 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

382) Dunnock