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| Eurasian Black Cap juvenile (Sylvia atricapilla). |
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| Just checking.... |
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| Nope nobody looking... |
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| Those raspberries look good... |
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| Excellent... |
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| Yum Yum... |
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| Haha, there is no more left for anyone else. |
Birds I have seen in Africa and Europe
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
27/07/2021 A thief in the Garden!
Sunday, 11 July 2021
11/07/2021 Photos with thanks to Christelle from South Africa.
Bush Shrike
Southern boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus)...
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African crake (Crecopsis egregia).
An extremely rare visitor to the Eastern Cape where Christelle saw it - see map below...
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Christelle's husband taking photos with the large lens. Christelle has a very small Canon that takes great photos
Breeding Summer visitor.
Resident year-round
The red mark is where the bird was seen and in July, South Africa's winter.
Friday, 2 July 2021
02/07/2021 A few sightings away from home.
Not often we go anywhere now (thanks to COVID) but this was a day out that ended up in a disastrous trip home. An accident on the highway with two trucks, one that burst into flames, and we were stuck in a traffic jam. It was well over 3 hours in temperatures of 40 C (104F) before the police sorted things out and moved the traffic down the emergency lane to an off-ramp. A 1½ hour trip took us over 5 hours. Never the less we did get to see a few birds before all this happened!
Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)...
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As above with a Northern Lapwing in the background...
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Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus).
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Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)...
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