The good birding continues A grainy I.D. image of what looks like to be an African Cuckoo. I am sure all cuckoo sightings/images are getting extra attention due to the recent rarities reports of Madagascar Cuckoo being seen in S.A. Southern Ground-Hornbill observed roosting late one evening The single chick at the Woodland Kingfisher nest site has now fledged. Here it has just been given a juicy caterpillar by one of the parents on the staging branch Late the other evening I came across a termite (flying ant) eruption. A bird party was busy making the most of this opportunity. Here a female Amur Falcon is busy dispatching an alate caught on the wing. Glossy Starlings, Hornbills, European, Lilac-breasted Rollers and Drongos were all in on the action A Wahlberg's Eagle picks up alates on the ground Looking in Roberts birding app I have learnt that the brown morph Wahlberg's Eagle can have grey or whitish heads as shown here, something I have now seen for the first time. This is not the same as a pale adult form. A Green Wood-Hoopoe busy looking for larvae under the bark. Note the bill is not the usual bright red, perhaps a bit dirty from feeding A Dark-capped Bulbul sits on its nest Dark-capped Bulbul nest with eggs Helmeted Guineafowl. I haven't recorded any chicks out and about yet A juvenile Retz's Helmet-Shrike seen in the tree canopy
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