There are three Spotted Eagle-Owl nests I have been monitoring. Here are some updates The site of the pair where the female had been ringed is being used again. They have moved the nest a few meters away from last years position and it is again in a hollow in a rock wall. I need to check if the ringed female is present, but for now whilst they are incubating eggs I will observe from a distance At the site where the pair was nesting at ground level under some grass last year and which was washed away when the stream started to flow, the pair have moved their nest up onto the ledge in the wall of the riverbank Very unfortunately it rained again and this time water from above on the bank inundated their nest again. As can be observed from this image the nest has been abandoned. I hope they will find another site and breed again The third nest, also in a hollow in a riverbank. contains three eggs and incubation is ongoing at this time. No images available yet. This particular nesting pair have also failed to raise chicks successfully for the last three seasons Brown-hooded Kingfisher male posing for me Striped Kingfisher, similar but smaller A thirsty Helmeted Guineafowl Crested Barbet enjoying a berry breakfast A black morph Jacobin Cuckoo, a lifer for me. It is separated from the similar looking Black Cuckoo by its crest and white wing patch, both of which are showing here. The pied morph of the Jacobin Cuckoo is more common in the drier regions of its range, and is seen regularly here A Pied morph Jacobin Cuckoo by way of comparison, showing the white underparts By further way of comparison here is a Black Cuckoo
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