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EBCs and misIDs: KK's BY III, MMXXIII


Kalaharikind

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Kalaharikind

And with almost a quarter of the year gone, I'm reporting for duty.

 

Still using the D3200 Dinkytoy and Sigma 150-600 mm, still shooting JPEGs, still not doing any PP apart from cropping. (Life is sooooooo exciting when nothing ever changes! :rolleyes:)

 

A drive to the Bossieveld on New Year's day got off to an auspicious start with our national bird:

 

1    Blue Crane
Bloukraanvoël
Grus paradisea
 

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2    Little Grebe
Kleindobbertjie
Tachybaptus ruficollis
 

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3    Southern Red Bishop
Rooivink
Euplectes orix
mister and missus, swaying in the wind:

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and a twofer of EBCs:

5    Southern (Common) Fiscal
Fiskaallaksman
Lanius collaris

 

6    Speckled Mousebird
Gevlekte Muisvoël
Colius striatus
 

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Welcome back from retirement.

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Good to see you back!

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Dave Williams

Nice to see the Bishops in breeding plumage instead of being LBJs.

Love the title of your BY!!

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Kalaharikind

Thanks, @Galanaand @PeterHG!

Statement of fact, @Dave Williams, statements of fact. 

 

6    Pale Chanting Goshawk
Bleeksingvalk
Melierax canorus

 

Fugly perch, but in the absence of a dead camelthorn tree, it will have to do. 

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7    Lesser Kestrel
Kleinrooivalk
Falco naumanni
 

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Bossieveld, 1 Jan 23

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Kalaharikind

Lunch caught, this juvenile was contentedly tearing it apart, not a care in the world.

 

8    Rock Kestrel
Kransvalk
Falco rupicolus
 

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Bossieveld, 1 Jan 23

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Oh boy how do I miss those raptors ☺️!

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Kalaharikind

Me too, @xelas! The Bossieveld feels just too tame for them. 

 

Usually posted as a garden bird, it was nice to get a more outdoorsy one. Breeding male who didn't want to show his back.

 

9    Malachite Sunbird
Jangroentjie
Nectarinia famosa
 

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Bossieveld, 1 Jan 23

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10    Red-knobbed coot
Bleshoender
Fulica cristata
 

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Bossieveld, 1 Jan 23

 

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11    Western Cattle Egret (Br)
Veereier
Bubulcus ibis

 

 

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Bossieveld, 1 Jan 23

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12    Karoo Prinia
Karoolangstertjie
Prinia maculosa
 

The Afrikaans name means Karoo Long-tailed; the length of this one is slightly exaggerated by the angle of my shot

 

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Bossieveld, 1 Jan 23

 

Better view:

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Stoney Point, 11 Feb 23

 

 

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Kalaharikind

Definitely an EBC; high misID probability. It is number 13, after all!

 

13    Reed Cormorant
Rietduiker
Microcarbo africanus
 

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Bossieveld, 1 Jan 23

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And while I was busy with what was on show at the farm dam, I was being watched by alien eyes:

 

14    Black-winged Kite
Blouvalk
Elanus caeruleus
 

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and it then promptly flew off:

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Bossieveld, 1 Jan 23

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2 hours ago, Kalaharikind said:

It is number 13, after all!

But the ID holds good for me.

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Kalaharikind

Thanks @Galana!

 

That was that for the New Year's Day birding. Bulbul time:

 

15    Cape Bulbul
Kaapse Tiptol
Pycnonotus capensis
 

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First the fugly pipe, then up in a tree:

 

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Garden, 19 Jan 23

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My go-to spot for the Crowneds, but it's on private land. So, even with the farm gate standing wide open, I'm trespassing. Quick dash in, a few quick shots, a very fast getaway. My life of crime, for a BY tick and an EBC to boot.

   

16    Crowned Lapwing
Kroonkiewiet
Vanellus coronatus
 

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Bossieveld, 22 Jan 23 

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Spotted goose, not looking particulary comfortable

 

17     Egyptian Goose
Kolgans
Alopochen aegyptiaca
 

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Bossieveld, 22 Jan 23

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Interesting to see the SA name for the Egyptian Goose. Kolgans is the name we use for the Greater White-fronted Goose.

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Kalaharikind

@PeterHGand the two don't look remotely similar!

 

18    Helmeted Guineafowl
Gewone Tarentaal
Numida meleagris
 

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Bossieveld, 22 Jan 2023

 

 

 

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A new addition to my BY entries:

 

19    African Black Duck
Swarteend
Anas sparsa
 

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Bossieveld, 22 Jan 2023

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The same farm dam yielded this tofer: 

 

20    Hamerkop
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta

 

21    Hadeda Ibis
Hadeda
Bostrychia hagedash
 

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Kalaharikind

... and another twofer:

 

22    African Darter
Slanghalsvoël
Anhinga rufa
 

23    Blacksmith Lapwing
Bontkiewiet
Vanellus armatus
 

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Bossieveld, 22 Jan 2023

 

24    Common Moorhen
Grootwaterhoender
Gallinula chloropus
 

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Bossieveld 22 Jan 2023

 

In February, the Swartrivier road yielded junior: 540196117_24GrootwaterhoenderSwartriethaanJSwartrivier11Feb23(229).JPG.e0225928c6f2e5407f5e9c8ea268c123.JPG

 

 

 

 

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25    Cape Wagtail
Gewone Kwikkie
Motacilla capensis
 

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Garden, 26 Jan 2023

 

26    Grey Heron
Bloureier
Ardea cinerea
 

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Garden, 31 January 2023

 

 

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Kalaharikind

Back to the Bossieveld, for some LBJs...

 

27    African Pipit
Gewone Koester
Anthus cinnamomeus
 

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Bossieveld, 3 February 2023

 

28    Large-billed Lark
Dikbeklewerik
Galerida magnirostris

 

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Bossieveld, 3 February 2023

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29    Pied Crow
Witborskraai
Corvus albus
 

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Bossieveld, 3 February 2023

 

Making its first appearance in my BY:

30    Southern Black Korhaan
Swartvlerkkorhaan
Afrotis afra

 

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Bossieveld, 3 February 2023

 

 

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