A few more birds from our South African holiday

I am keeping numbers of photos low as I may not get a chance to take so many photos here with all public places closed, and total confinement to homes is expected to be announced tonight.  I will be using up photos that I have taken previously.

Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus)...

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As above.

Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima).

Three-banded plover, or three-banded sandplover (Charadrius tricollaris).

Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus).

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Moving to the North-Eastern part of South Africa and a few different birds.

Bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) adult....

Bateleur youngster.

The immature bateleur eagle's feathers are a uniform dark brown. Around the third year, this plumage starts to turn into adult colours of black, white and grey. It can take an immature bateleur up to 8 years to shed all their brown plumage and turn in to full adults

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Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus). The largest eagle in Africa, it weighs in at almost  6.5 Kg (14 lbs) and has a wingspan of about 6 feet 4 inches. It is 32 inches long.

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Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Morning wing-spread behaviour is a means of absorbing solar energy and passively raising their temperature to proper daytime levels...

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Grey lourie (Corythaixoides concolor), also known as go-away bird, It is a very vocal bird with a nasal call “g'wa-ay, g'wa-ay” call, thus its name.

Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima). It is the largest kingfisher in Africa.

Woolly-necked stork or whitenecked stork (Ciconia episcopus).

Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris).

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Our year in photos.......

January 3rd - Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) and Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) seen while in the UK.

February 26th - Eurasian or Common Crane (Grus grus) flying North over our house in France.  Very noisy!!

March 15th - Blackbird male (Turdus merula) taking a bath in our garden.

April 29th - House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in the garden.

May 24th - Young House Martins (Delichon urbicum), in the town of Monflanquin, France.

P.S.Not a good month for birding!!

June 20th - House Sparrow female (Passer domesticus) in the garden.

A great month for insects but only sparrows in the garden!

July 31st - The Little Owl makes a regular appearance on our barn roof. (Athene noctua).

August 12th - Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus). In the garden.  Nest making in August ???

September 20th - Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros).  On our roof.

October 18th - Wing-Snapping Cisticola (Cisticola ayresii).  Holiday in South Africa.

November 7th - Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima). Holiday in South Africa.

December - cheated a bit here this is last year!! Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus).

Wishing all my followers very happy holidays and all the very best for 2020

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