All quiet on the western front - PM 2023

[pedro maia]

N57, Pale chanting goshawk {Melierax canorus}

Immature

 

Adult seen further south

[pedro maia]

As we passed the park fence going back to Walvis Bay, instead of driving by the sea at that point Elmar drove inland, I asked for nothing but he hadn´t forgot about the Dune lark and he was really keen on finding one, and you can´t imagine how happy he was when we finally spotted it, he was happier than me I think.

 

N58 (W665), Dune lark (Calendulauda erythrochlamys)

 

 

I must say find it a bit worrying that the bird I wanted to see the most in Namibia was a lark...

[michael-ibk]

4 hours ago, pedro maia said:

I must say find it a bit worrying that the bird I wanted to see the most in Namibia was a lark...

 

You're totally and utterly lost to the dark side Pedro. 😎

 

So am I since my first thought seeing this Lark was "Wow, awesome!" 😂

[pedro maia]

36 minutes ago, michael-ibk said:

 

You're totally and utterly lost to the dark side Pedro. 😎

 

So am I since my first thought seeing this Lark was "Wow, awesome!" 😂

 

Don´t tell @AndMic, I hope he keeps a good impression of me .

[Galana]

Smiling at your final revelation of becoming a birder. You are lost and there is no coming back.

As a 'reward' take another look at your Greater Flamingo shots and you will see quite a few Lesser too.

Well done.

[michael-ibk]

52 minutes ago, pedro maia said:

Don´t tell @AndMic, I hope he keeps a good impression of me .

 

He always did but started to develop doubts after he heard about our pelagic and the midnight Nightjar endeavor. 😁

[xelas]

7 hours ago, pedro maia said:

I must say find it a bit worrying that the bird I wanted to see the most in Namibia was a lark...

 

It could be worse. You might want to see a bulbul .

[pedro maia]

2 hours ago, Galana said:

Smiling at your final revelation of becoming a birder. You are lost and there is no coming back.

As a 'reward' take another look at your Greater Flamingo shots and you will see quite a few Lesser too.

Well done.

i counted both, lesser and great .

[pedro maia]

2 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

 

He always did but started to develop doubts after he heard about our pelagic and the midnight Nightjar endeavor. 😁

It’s hard to be confronted with things like that…

[pedro maia]

55 minutes ago, xelas said:

 

It could be worse. You might want to see a bulbul .

[Dave Williams]

Cracking sighting and shot of the Dune Lark. When we went our guide was a birder but we were a long way off the Lark when he found one.

[PeterHG]

I still have to go back for the Dune Lark…..

[pedro maia]

Another day and we´re back on the road, I have a long drive ahead, 265km to Solitaire, where we will stop for lunch, and after that another 105km to our hotel south of Sesriem, a piece of cake, or pie...

 

And the immensity of the namibian spaces unfolds in front of us once again.

 

 

 

 

 

The mandatory photo

 

 

[pedro maia]

And some birds, of course

 

N59 (W666), Sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota)

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N60 (W667), Stark's lark (Spizocorys starki)

 

 

Crappy pictures but with the crest I think I´m confortable with the ID.

[pedro maia]

N61 (W668), Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata)

[Kitsafari]

13 hours ago, pedro maia said:

N54, Cape cormorant (Phalacrocorax capensis)

 

 

This looks as if the Gulls are holding the cormorants prisoners!

[Kitsafari]

Excellent collection from Namibia and congrats on the Dune Lark. 

 

[pedro maia]

As many here probably know, Solitaire is a dusty hot place in the middle of nowhere, for me that´s it´s charm, and we arrived in good time to grab a burger, a beer (out of the freezer but warm, we had to ask for an ice bucket) and take a few pictures of the abandoned cars that are the iconic images of Solitaire.

 

 

 

 

[pedro maia]

There were a few birds around, but nothing particularly exciting:

 

N62, Cape crow (Corvus capensis)

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N63 (W669), Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius)

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N64, House sparrow (Passer domesticus)

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N65, Red-headed finch (Amadina erythrocephala)

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N66, Pied crow (Corvus albus)

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N67, Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)