Sharon's 4th Year

[Tdgraves]

Interesting to see how much the water has dried up since September Sharon.

[BRACQUENE]

Congratulations with your century Sharon 

[shazdwn]

108 - Blue-cheeked Bee-eater - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023

 

[xelas]

Plenty of excellent birds took you over your first #100 of this Big Year. Congratulations!

[shazdwn]

109 - African Jacana - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023

 

[shazdwn]

110 - Spotted Thick-knee - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023

 

[shazdwn]

111 - Yellow-throated Sandgrouse - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023

 

[shazdwn]

112 - Grey Crowned Crane - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023

Edited April 2, 2023 by shazdwn

[shazdwn]

113 - Crowned Lapwing - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023

 

[shazdwn]

114 - Verreaux's Eagle Owl - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023

 

[Tdgraves]

Sorry, yes and congratulations on your century. More birds in the summer than we got in the spring.

[shazdwn]

115 - Eastern Chanting-goshawk - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023

 

[shazdwn]

There are a couple more (or possibly repeats) that we saw in Amboseli National Park proper but I am unsure of the ID.  Can anyone ID these LBB's for me please?

 

[Tdgraves]

1. Double-banded courser

2. ?grassland pipit

3. Lark ?fawn-coloured

4. Dunlin

Edited April 2, 2023 by Tdgraves
Typo

[Dave Williams]

No 3 looks like Sabota Lark to me but I'm hopeless on Larks and Pipits

Isn't No 4 a Curlew Sandpiper? They confuse me too!

 

Grassland is also known as African Pipit and that adds to my confusion!!!

[BRACQUENE]

I think 4 is indeed a Curlew Sandpiper and 3 a Sabota Lark 2 might be a long-billed pipit and the first one is a Double-banded courser 

[Galana]

Hmmm.

Well Double-banded Courser stack up and who knows with those darn grassland, grassveldt/african pipits? Hercules's Long -billed maybe a good but we need to see the front.

All those who said Sobota Lark go back at least one place and abut 500km.  I would suggest Rufous-naped with Fawn-coloured as valid too.

Curlew Sandpiper of course. No contest.

 

And you can't blame Merlin for this....

7 hours ago, shazdwn said:

112 - Grey-crowned Crane

Why would they call a bird with a bright golden crown Grey-crowned?

 

Well done on your Century.

[Kalaharikind]

I missed your century by a good couple of posts - but well done!

 

Lapwing with chick... just the bestest!

[shazdwn]

6 hours ago, Galana said:

And you can't blame Merlin for this....

Why would they call a bird with a bright golden crown Grey-crowned?

 

You make a good point, must have needed more coffee by that time of the night!!

[shazdwn]

6 hours ago, Kalaharikind said:

Lapwing with chick... just the bestest

 

There were 2 and they were just too cute

[Peter Connan]

Congratulations on the century and thank you for all the beautiful photos!

[shazdwn]

Thanks @Tdgraves @Dave Williams @BRACQUENE @Galana @Kalaharikindand @Peter Connan.  So two confirmed new species from the list and a mystery lark and pipit!  Here goes then

 

116 - Double-banded Courser - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023

Edited April 3, 2023 by shazdwn

[shazdwn]

117 - Curlew Sandpiper - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023

 

[shazdwn]

Also I assumed I had posted this one before but just realised I haven't 

 

118 - Cattle Egret - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023

 

[shazdwn]

I also forgot this one

 

119 - Collared Pratincole - Amboseli National Park, Kenya - 6/1/2023