Galana's Seventh. Lucky numbers.

[PeterHG]

A good one for the first 100, Fred, congrats!

[Galana]

Thank you everyone. Let me see what I can do to ease poor Alex's pain.

I have heard of cold Turkey but never cold Bulbul.

Anyway.....

101. White-winged Widowbird. Tandala Tented Camp. Ruaha. Note the yellow shoulder patch denoting the 'Nominate' bird from Southern TZ.

 

102. Plum-coloured Starling. Tandala Tented Camp grounds.

 

103. Greater Blue-eared Starling. Tandala Tented Camp.

 

104. Slate-coloured Boubou. Tandala Tented Camp. A normally very shy bird but they were busy nesting.

 

105. Woodland Kingfisher. Tandala Tented Camp.

 

106. Green Woodhoopoe. Tandala Tented Camp. Extremely hard to get this trip.

 

107. Myers Brown Parrot. Tandala and on a Sausage tree in Ruaha NP.

 

Roll the drums.....his wait is over.

 

108. Strazar's Bulbul . Pycnonotus alexii. Often abbreviated to A.F.B. Tandala TentedCamp.

 

109. African Black-headed Oriole. Tandala Tented Camp.

 

110. Lesser-striped Swallow.(Not Tandala Tented Camp but on the wires on the track outside.)

It is notable how many of these were seen from my Balcony in Tandala Tented Camp.

Highly recommended and only 5km from the Park Gate.

 

[Tdgraves]

Congratulations on the century and on Alex’s first eponymous bird!

[TonyQ]

Well done on reaching 100, and with a beautiful bird. Well worth stopping for

[Galana]

Thanks.

A post a day helps keep the blues away.

 

111. Three-banded Plover. Tandala crossing. One of my favourite little birds. Always appears smartly turned out.

 

112. Wood Sandpiper.  Same bit of stream. Tandala.

 

113. Bare-faced Go-away bird. Ruaha NP.

 

114. Burchell's Coucal. Ruaha NP.

 

115.. European Cuckoo. Ruaha NP. I am going for Euro here mainly because this species has the hepatic/rufous morph and its Afro cousin does not. And the Euro's bill is less yellow.

Never fear gularis  will be along shortly.

 

116. Village Weaver. Lake Manze. Took a while to nail one of these.

 

117. African Fish Eagle. Ruaha, Great Rufiji Bridge. The undisputed 'voice' of Africa.

 

118. African GrEy Hornbill. Ruaha. Why are they called Grey when their plumage is obviously coloured brown and white?

 

119. Magpie Shrike. Ruaha.

 

and finally for today...

 

120. Von der Decken's Hornbill. Ruaha NP. Female with black bill. Male with Red and Yellow bill.

 

 

 

 

 

[pedro maia]

Just caught up here, congrats on the first century Fred, a very nice liitle raptor for tha milestone.

[Galana]

Thanks Pedro. @pedro maia

Yes all Kestrels have a good image. More to come later.

 

Meanwhile here are today's 10.

Starting with an awful crop.

 

121. Greenshank. Ruaha NP

 

122. Striated Heron. Ruaha NP.

 

123. Hadada Ibis. Ruaha NP.

 

124. Steel-blue Whydah. Ruaha NP

 

125. Grey-headed Kingfisher. Ruaha.

 

126. White-backed Vulture. Ruaha NP.

 

127. Brown Snake-Eagle. Ruaha. Even tried a b.i.f.

 

128. Lappet-faced Vulture. Ruaha.

 

129. Common Ostrich. Ruaha NP.

 

130. White Stork. Ruaha NP.

 

That's all for now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TonyQ]

Racing ahead. Some great additions, and well done with the BIF!

[xelas]

@Galana#108 is an awesome looking bird 😁. Thank You !

Edited March 10, 2023 by xelas

[Zim Girl]

Well done on a very quick first century!  Some lovely birds in there.

[Galana]

Thanks Angie, Tony and Alex.

 

Today's offering has arrived.

 

131. Speckled Mousebird.

 

132. d'Arnaud's Barbet.

 

133. White-bellied Bustard.

 

134. Diederick's Cuckoo. One I grabbed from a brief encounter in Ruaha.

 

Then I got a better chance on our final day in Nyerere.

Just something else for @Soukousto wonder at.

 

135. Pied Kingfisher. Ruaha. (Hondo Hondo picnic site.)

 

136. Grey Crowned Crane. Ruaha.

 

137. Blue-cheeked BeeEater. Ruaha.

 

138. Speckled Pigeons. Ruaha. The only sighting of our trip.

 

139. Martial Eagle.Imm. Ruaha.

 

140. Black-shouldered Kits. Ruaha.

 

 

[Soukous]

40 minutes ago, Galana said:

Just something else for @Soukousto wonder at.

 

You clearly have an alter ego who doesn't like ebc

Edited March 9, 2023 by Soukous

[Galana]

6 hours ago, Soukous said:

You clearly have an alter ego who doesn't like ebc

Yes. He  used to be Schizophrenic but now we are in two minds about it.

[Galana]

I would announce these as today's daily dozen but there is only ten as usual....

 

141. Yellow-collared Lovebird. Ruaha.

 

142. Grossbeak Weaver.   Ruaha.143. Common Sandpiper.  Ruaha.

 

144. Black-headed Heron. Ruaha.

 

145. Goliath Heron. I thought the rear end flight was to be my only chance but another one came along in Nyerere. The Stork was a bonus.

 

146. Grassland Pipit. Ruaha. Unusual perch so I would take Long-billed if you insist.

 

147. Beautiful Sunbird. Ruaha. Imaginative name.

 

148. African Cuckoo. Ruaha. The barred outer tail feathers do it.

 

149. Red-winged Starling. Ruaha

 

And is there no shame??

150. The only Hoopoe we saw and then it was very shy. Ruaha.

Hardly fitting for a milestone bird but that's how they come.

[PeterHG]

What a difference in size between the Goliath Heron and the Stork! 

[Kitsafari]

congrats on the first century - a very speedy one, and you're still storming ahead. just another 50 to the second in a week or so - easie peesie. 

[Galana]

18 hours ago, PeterHG said:

What a difference in size between the Goliath Heron and the Stork!

Yes, even allowing for the stork to be resting on folded legs the goliath is truly named.

@Kitsafari Thank you. Well if I made 200+ it will only take 5 more days to find out so I better get on with it.

Here we go with 151-160 and with narry an EBC in sight. Although afficionados of the type may appreciate #154

 

151. Spur-winged Lapwing.

 

152. Purple-crested Turaco. Ruaha. Probably one of the best views I have taken of this large but elusive bird.

 

153. Red-backed Shrike. Ruaha.

 

154. Palm Swift. Captured by aiming at a frond and hoping for the best.

 

155. Namaqua Dove. Ruaha.

 

156. White-crested Helmet Shrike. Ruaha.

 

157. Swallow-tailed BeeEater.

 

158. Long-crested Eagle.

 

159. Emerald Spotted Wood-dove.

 

and

 

160. White-browed Robin-Chat. or Heuglins Robin. Mdonya Old river Camp by tent 3 each morning and evening.

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[michael-ibk]

Steady progress Fred, a belated congrats on your first #100. Your thread makes me really miss Africa!

[Peter Connan]

Some really nice shots in the last fes batches @Galana!

[TonyQ]

Racing ahead. The Love Birds are beautiful 

[Galana]

2 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

Your thread makes me really miss Africa!

I feel your pain. Whilst posting this and the TR with late snow on the hills outside my mind keeps drifting off to a nice tent with a view. Comfy chair and a cool glass in my left hand. I don't know why that should be. Antidote booked for August. Just Emmy, another companion and I.

[Galana]

More pain.

 

161. Hildebrandt's Francolin. Ruaha.

 

172. Kenyan Crested Guineafowl. Ruaha. (But why?) Up a tree hiding from  cat.

173. Eastern  Paradise Whydah. Ruaha.

 

174. Southern Black Flycatcher. Ruaha.

 

175. Yellow-bellied Greenbul . Ruaha. In camp.

 

176. African Firefinch. Ruaha Mdonya Old River Camp.

 

177. Green-winged Pytilia. Melba finch. Ruaha.

 

178. Nubian Woodpecker. Ruaha. A trial to get to pose.

 

179. Verraux's BlackEagle. Extreeme range. Possibly in Malawi. Ruaha really.

 

180. Little banded Goshawk, Shikra, Ruaha as we watched the Black Eagles I spotted this watching us.

 

[Galana]

Another day,another ten.

 

Starting in Ruaha and finishing in Nyerere.

 

Cardinal Quelea. Lunch stop near Ruaha airstrip.

 

172. Jackson's Golden-backed Weaver. Lunch stop.

 

173. Madagascar BeeEater. Imm.

 

174. Long-tailed Fiscal. Nyerere.

 

175. Lesser-spotted Eagle. Nyerere.

 

176. Black-winged Red Bishop. Both parks.

 

Now for something completely different. Tanzanian Red Arrow aerobatic team.

 

Nice but when they get airborne they are spectacular feeding off what our vehicle disturbs.

 

Solo event.

 

Three ship formation.

 

Runway pass without smoke.

177. Northern Carmine BeeEater.

 

178. White-throated BeeEater. Nyerere NP

 

179. Yellow-billed Stork. Lake Manze. Nyerere NP.

 

180. Step Buzzard. Nyerere NP.

 

That's it and without teasing tomorrow starts not with 'lifer' but a 'lifer photograph.' It's only taken 30 years.

[Soukous]

I'm starting to worry Fred. Either you've been practising or someone else is using your camera. Some super additions.

[Galana]

6 hours ago, Soukous said:

someone else is using your camera. Some super additions.

Thanks. The other possibility is that the camera has developed a fault.