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A whole day in Africa and not one bulbul :huh: ?! Otherwise, an excellent start, Fred!

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19 minutes ago, xelas said:

A whole day in Africa and not one bulbul :huh: ?! Otherwise, an excellent start, Fred!

 

he obviously wasn't trying hard enough

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33 minutes ago, Soukous said:

he obviously wasn't trying hard enough

It was the mammals that kept getting in the way. Took me six days to get  a Bulbul.

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Start again as the post vanished.

Still in Mikumi.

 

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041. Yellow-throated Longclaw. Mikumi NP.

 

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042. Zanzibari Red Bishop. Mikumi NP

 

Remember this?

Longest shot ever. So far away I needed permission from the Mozambiquan Army.

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No shame.

But more came along on the wires later.

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043. European BeeEater. Tandala Camp.

 

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044. Fan-tailed Widowbird. Mkumia NP.

 

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045. Red-billed Oxpecker. and friend. Mikumi NP.

 

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046. Harrier-hawk/Gymnogene. Mikumi NP

 

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047. Superb Starling. Mikumi NP

 

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048. Southern Ground Hornbill. Mikumi NP Lots of these.

 

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049. Great White Egret. Mikumi NP

 

and finally for now...

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050. Collared Pratincole. There were about 100 birds in this flock alone.

 

More along soon but I cannot promise either bulbuls or even  improvements. There were ellies to play with.

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wonderful to see African birds again! but will also be wonderful to read up the TR too, soon, please? 

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2 hours ago, Kitsafari said:

to read up the TR too, soon, please? 

There may be a slight hiatus as in filtering our useable shots I have discovered further birds previously overlooked and I am away for a few days next week on family issues.

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Nice additions.

I didn’t know that Pratincoles formed such large flocks

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2 hours ago, TonyQ said:

I didn’t know that Pratincoles formed such large flocks

Me neither.

 

CAVEAT.

#42 WAS NOT BLACK-WINGED RED BISHOP. IT IS ZANZIBARI. Nigroventris.

Sorry about that. (Was nobody watching?)

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I have Red Bishop and the real Black-winged Red to come so no harm done.

(Just need to re-jig the folders)

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Time for some more punishment. I have now scoured the full card and extracted what should pass muster so here are the next 10. Keeping them short as most are too common to trouble us for long.

 

Still at the pond where the Pratincoles were flocking in Mikumi NP,

 

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051. African Open-bill Stork. Mikumi.

 

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052. Water Thick-knee. Lurking nearby.

 

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053. As was the ubiquitous Hammerkop.

 

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054.  Egyptian Goose were everywhere of course. Mikumi.

 

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055. Red-necked Spurfowl. Mikumi.

 

And of course everybody's needs an LBR.

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056. Lilac-breasted Roller. Mikumi and everywhere our driver felt obliged to stop in case we had not seen one yet.

 

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057. Common Fiscal. Mikumi and eslewhere.

 

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058. Black-bellied Bustard. Mikumi.

 

Now for something really different.

 

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059. White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher. Mikumi Gate and the only one we saw.

 

AND.....

Glimpsed briefly from the minibus window at 80kph on the main TanZam through Mikumi on the way to Udzungwa I present the best effort.

 

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060. Abdim's Stork. Lots of flocks but none came close. Mikumi whilst speeding along the notorious A7 just east of Mikumi. Why is there never a traffic cop when you need one?

 

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On 2/26/2023 at 9:42 AM, Galana said:

 

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060. Abdim's Stork. Lots of flocks but none came close. Mikumi whilst speeding along the notorious A7 just east of Mikumi. Why is there never a traffic cop when you need one?

 

 

Taking EBC to a whole new level:D.

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3 hours ago, pedro maia said:

Taking EBC to a whole new level:D.

One must always push oneself to do better! Per aspera ad astra!

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Got to keep moving along or else @xelas won't get his BB.

 

Still in Mikumi area..

 

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061. Crowned Hornbill. Mikumi.

 

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062. Tanzanian Red billed Hornbill. Tockus ruahae So I guess we have arrived in Ruaha.

 

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063. Ring-necked Dove.

 

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064. Buff-crested Bustard. Ruaha?

 

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065. Fork-tailed Drongo. I took it somewhere but think outside my tent at Old Mdonya River Camp (but maybe not!)

 

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066.Jacobin Cuckoo. (B&W). Ruaha NP.

 

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067. Northern Grey-headed Sparrow. Ruaha Hilltop Lodge.

 

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068. Tawny Eagle. Ruaha National Park.

 

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069. Helmeted Guinea Fowl. Ruaha.

 

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070. European Roller. Ruaha .  They were quite common.

 

That's it for today. Off to Scotland tomorrow so my be a delay of a few days.

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Back home.

More to come.

On our way back from a walk I looked up and beheld a beauty,

 

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071. Eurasian Hobby. Rope Bridge. Ruaha NP.

 

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072. Pin-tailed Whydah. Ruaha. NP.

 

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073. Little BeeEater. almost everywhere.

 

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074. Knob-billed Duck. Ruaha.

 

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075.

Speckle-fronted Weaver.

 

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076. Northern White-crowned Shrike. The only one that posed (almost) long enough.

 

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077. Ashy Starling. Ruaha and Nyerere. TZ endemic.

 

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078.

Red-billed Quelea. Ruaha.

 

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079. Crested Francolin.

 

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080. Rufous, Purple, Roller.

 

More tomorrow.

 

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On 2/25/2023 at 7:02 AM, Galana said:

Me neither.

 

CAVEAT.

#42 WAS NOT BLACK-WINGED RED BISHOP. IT IS ZANZIBARI. Nigroventris.

Sorry about that. (Was nobody watching?)

 

We have total faith in you! if you call it a blue winged red bishop, I would still believe you. no doubt there'll be doubters somewhere lurking....

 

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Lovely additions. The Hobby photos are superb, really beautiful 

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Great to see your Tanzania birds. Agree on the Hobby:beautiful photos!

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thanks. I was as pleased as punch to find that Hobby and eve better pleased when it moved from behind a restrictive bit of foliage into a clear shot.

@KitsafariHow about Red-winged Blue Bishop?:o

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5 minutes ago, Galana said:

 

@KitsafariHow about Red-winged Blue Bishop?:o

 

endemic to IOM. 

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9 hours ago, Kitsafari said:

endemic to IOM. 

Where else? He can be rather vulgar I hear!

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Still seeking a 'bul of any hue for @xelasto keep him alert but time to post another ten notbulbuls.

 

Let me start with another favourite genera.

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081. Winding Cisticola. Ruaha NP and elsewhere.

 

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082. Holub's Golden Weaver. Ruaha NP is about as far east as it comes.

 

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083. Levaillant's (Striped) Cuckoo. Ruaha NP and elsewhere.

 

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084. Bataleur Eagle. Most places had at least one in the sky if you looked.

 

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085. Saddle-billed Stork. All Parks held some. These are female.

 

 

 

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86. Grey-capped Social Weaver. Everywhere.

 

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087.  Eastern Chanting Goshawk. Tricky area for these as they overlap with Dark Chanting but the yellow cere is indicating Eastern.

 

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088. Red-billed Buffalo Weaver. Ruaha and elsewhere.

 

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089. White-browed Coucal. Common everywhere.

 

and finally our Socialist Preacher.

 

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090. Southern Red Bishop. Quite common.

 

On to the next batch shortly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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So many excellent photos! ( My face does not show amazement, just joy…:)!

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Another day, another search for 'Bul.'

From some of these offerings the location seems to be drifting west to Ruaha area.

 

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091. White-crowned Lapwing. Mikumi and Ruaha. (Never understood why this should not be 'Wattled Lapwing' as its wattles are bigger than the true Wattled Lapwing which also has a White Crown.. Pah)

 

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092. Fischer's Sparrow-Lark. Ruaha. (one of each gender).

 

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093. Laughing Dove. Ruaha. (Laughing at us trying for a head shot.)

 

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094. Cinnamon Rock Bunting. Ruaha. (the best I could do as they were unreasonably camera

shy.)

 

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095. White-headed Buffalo Weaver. Ruaha and elsewhere.

 

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096. Great Spotted Cuckoo. Ruaha. I have shown two of the three feeding at the same spot. Two adult and one imm. Family picnic? I include imm. as later in the trip we had a puzzle bird in a bush that my campanions and guide were 'forceing ' an ID of Thick-billed Cuckoo which would have been very nice. However my reasoning prevailed that it was merely an Imm. GSC so no lifer.

 

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097. Black-faced Sandgrouse. Ruaha. Had one brief glimpse of its cousin the Yellow throated but no shot. I will have to get that later.

 

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098. African Jacana. Road to Ruaha gate where there was a small pond. I stopped the car and grabbed it one morning (my companions thought I was mad (??)) but it was the only one we saw on the whole trip.

 

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099. Barn Swallow. Ruaha road in. 100s of them on the wires but when your companions are scenting bigger game getting the car to stop was an act of bravery.

 

Same with this bird.

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100. Grey Kestrel. Same wire system as the Swallow (and the Euro BeeEater earlier) They were there in the evening on our first exit and regularly each passing but I had the devil's own job to stop the car .

But it was not going to be ignored and I won. So it earns its coincidental place as my  100.

 

Still no bloody bulbul though. sorry @xelas Join the queue.

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Peter Connan

Congratulations on the first century!

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Many excellent photos … but still no bulbul ?! Waiting patiently ☺️

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Congratulations with your first century Fred !! 

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