Another full and interesting week with lots on offer Highlight of the week for me was when this normally very shy Gorgeous Bush-Shrike popped out into the open long enough for me to capture a few images This Black Cuckooshrike is a new tick for my Leadwood list. This is also my first image of this species. Note the diagnostic orange/yellow gape of the male bird The vine continued to attract the sunbirds . Here a female Amethyst Sunbird is in attendance This rather shy male Scarlet-chested Sunbird put in a brief appearance Even this Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird came to see what all the fuss was about Another new tick for my list is this Brubru. Note the broad white eyebrow and the rufous flank stripe As compared to this Black-backed Puffback I have seen this Kurrichane Thrush as few times of late scratching around in the leaf litter Yet another new tick for the Leadwood list, this Terrestrial Brownbul took a while to identify Yellow-fronted Canary This Rufous-naped Lark posed obligingly on this tuft before scurrying off A female African Paradise-Flycatcher gives me the beady eye Green Wood-hoopoe I often hear the loud calling of the Black-collared Barbet whilst they feed in the fig trees in the riverbed below the house A female Golden-tailed Woodpecker. Note the spotted back For comparison a male Bearded Woodpecker with its bold black and white facial markings Here a female Bearded Woodpecker goes about her business. Note the lack of a red crown
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Recently I came across a giraffe kill. The lions who had made the kill were resting up after some earlier initial feeding. I decided to stake out the site for a while and wait to see what transpired The partly eaten Giraffe One of the resting lionesses yawns. Note the chipped front left canine She approaches the carcass and resumes feeding A momentary pause Portrait of a happy lioness She picks up the giraffe in a classic throttle grip Another lioness joins her A large cub looks on inquisitively It then joins the two adults and begins to feed The cub feeding One of the other cubs that did not approach the kill. Judging by its full stomach it had fed earlier
A juvenile Amethyst Sunbird probing for nectar Joined by a White-bellied Sunbird not wanting to miss out The loud nasal wailing call of this Trumpeter Hornbill alerted me to its presence in the fig trees below our house. Luckily it co-operated and allowed me to capture this image of it busy feeding This Yellow-throated Petronia was part of a bird party that was busy feeding in the tree canopy A Lesser Grey-Shrike. A fairly common non-breeding Palearctic migrant Temminck's Courser. The smallest African Courser. There are resident, local nomadic migrant and intra-African migrant populations to be found. Not a commonly seen bird This Green Wood-Hoopoe was probing into the bark of this old tree trunk I hear the call at night of this Barn Owl that visits us every now and then. It roosted on a gum pole under the thatch roof of our deck recently. In return it allowed me to get this image the following morning This near endemic Acacia Pied Barbet is a lovely splash of colour The Little Sparrowhawk is an uncommon resident. Note the diagnostic yellow eye and cere. The white rump and two central tail spots are also diagnostic
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