Here and there!

My friend Christelle is taking photos at the present time in Botswana and these are a few of her shots, but not to be totally outdone, there are four at the end taken in and around our garden in France.

Burchell's coucal (Centropus burchellii)...

as above...

As above.

Crested francolin (Dendroperdix sephaena).

African darter (Anhinga rufa), sometimes called the snakebird...

as above...

As above.

The White-browed robin-chat (Cossypha heuglini), also known as Heuglin's robin.

White-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps)...

See above.

Back home in France not to be outdone by the above....

Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) on the house roof...

as above on the cable over the house.

Little Owl (Athene noctua) on the neighbour's barn, the moon was just an extra bonus...

A slightly closer look.

Joining up with

Wild Bird Wednesday

and

I'd Rather B Birdin.

Post No 3 on the birds I saw in Southern Africa.

African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), Botswana, Chobe river.

If you have never heard the call of the fish eagle, one of the best sounds in Africa, click here

Reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus). Botswana.

African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus). Botswana.

White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata). Botswana.

As above.

As above, seen in KwaZulu-Natal.

Cardinal woodpecker, female (Dendropicos fuscescens).  Botswana.

African Paradise Flycatcher, female  (Terpsiphone viridis). Botswana.

As above, male. Botswana.

Common bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus). Botswana.

Blacksmith lapwing,  formally called a blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus).  Botswana.

As above.

Southern carmine bee-eater, formally called simply a Carmine Bee-eater, (Merops nubicoides). Botswana.

Three-banded plover, (Charadrius tricollaris)  also known as the three-banded sand-plover, treble-banded (sand-)plover, and as the tri-collared (sand-)plover.  Botswana.

As above. 

Linking with Wild Bird Wednesday 297

To be continued.....