25/04/2020 A change from lock-down photos and a return to South Africa

These are photos that I did not publish previously as they were not particularly good, but I needed a change from the garden!!

Natal spurfowl or Natal francolin (Pternistis natalensis)...

As above, not a good shot but it helped with ID.

Red-crested korhaan or Red-crested bustard (Lophotis ruficrista).

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis).

Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)...

As above.

Yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis).

A family of Bateleur eagles (Terathopius ecaudatus). Looks like this pair successfully raised two young.

As above.

Emerald-spotted wood dove (Turtur chalcospilos).  The only record I got of having seen one!

Namaqua dove (Oena capensis) male.

Red-headed weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps) female.  Sadly I did not get to see the male which truly does have a redhead.

Steppe buzzard (Buteo vulpinus).

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Some more of the photos from our November trip to South Africa.

Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) ...

Yellow-billed hornbills feed mainly on the ground, where they forage for seeds, small insects, spiders and scorpions.

White-backed Vulture. (Gyps africanus).

Burchell's starling (Lamprotornis australis) or Burchell's glossy-starling. Sadly this was taken in the shade so you cannot see the true gloss.

Cape glossy starling (Lamprotornis nitens).

Crested francolin (Dendroperdix sephaena)...

As above.

South African ostrich (Struthio camelus australis) male.

Southern white-crowned shrike (Eurocephalus anguitimens)...

As above.

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)...

As above.

Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiaca) .

I think this is a yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius).

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Still in the North-East of South Africa.

Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas).

Bateleur Eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus), a young eagle still with brown feathers.

Southern Blue Waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis).

As above.

Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola).  Birds wintering in S Africa originate from Eastern Europe.

The purple-crested turaco (Tauraco porphyreolophus), very beautiful with crimson flight feathers...

Also very difficult to photograph, they are masters at hiding in the trees.

I  brightened this photo quite a lot to try and bring the colours out.  Look closely and you can see a tinge of red flight feather in the wing behind the branch.

Dark-capped bulbul or Common bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor).

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis).

Black-collared barbet (Lybius torquatus).

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