I had a brief but very rewarding interaction with a female Black-bellied Bustard. This is only the second record I have of this species and it is a new record for my RGR list A recent image of a Red-crested Korhaan female for comparative purposes
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Pied Kingfisher. One of a pair seen fishing at one of our dams Female Red-backed Shrike A late season sighting of a Common Greenshank A Burchell's Coucal about to break into song
Its the first time, in I can't remember how long, that I have managed to capture all three of the brothers in a single frame When I arrived they all gave me the 5 yard stare They then returned to looking through the boundary fence in the direction of where the neighbouring Reserves two males were heard earlier
The pair of African Crowned Eagles that hunted in the riverbed recently, killing a young Impala, have decided to establish a territory here and nest building has begun.This is very exciting indeed!! (See post dated 17022024) The female below and smaller male above perched in the vicinity of their chosen nest site The male The female My first visual of the nest site 04032024 Nest on 15030224, showing some progress The female flies into dry branches and the impact tends to snap them off With a broken branch grasped firmly in her talons she heads back to the nest Nest building progresses The process is repeated Addition and arrangement of material continues The female about to set off on another gathering foray B.I.F. The nest will take about five or six weeks to build, mainly by the female. Branches up to 1,5 m will be used with the addition of leaf material for lining. It will end up 1,5 - 1,8 m in diameter and 0,5 - 0,7 m deep. I will be watching with keen interest
The resident Striped Kingfishers are seen on a regular basis The Green Wood-Hoopoe family are frequent visitors to the dead trees in front of our house now A female Red-crested Korhaan poses cooperatively in the middle of the track This Black-crowned Tchagra obligingly popped out onto the open which allowed me to get a couple of images before it disappeared back into cover I came across a family of Little Bee-eaters hawking bees and wasps early one morning. Here one of the birds is busy rubbing this bee against the branch to remove the sting Another successful aerial foray and back to the branch A male Collared Sunbird and friend It has been ages since I last observed and managed to photograph this spp.
Gabar Goshawk melanistic form Another sighting of a Crowned Eagle Brown Snake-Eagle Dark Chanting Goshawk adult Dark Chanting Goshawk juvenile African Fish Eagle Black-winged Kite (Black-shouldered Kite )
Striped Kingfisher with catch Barn Swallow Blue Waxbill A family of Green Wood-Hoopoes Grey Heron with catch Long-tailed Paradise Whydah male Red-billed Oxpecker juvenile A pair of adults and a juvenile Red-billed Oxpecker
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