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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