Tdgraves big(gest?) year 2017

[Tdgraves]

16 minutes ago, Galana said:

 

Buy a Camera Trap!! Set in a strategic place after dark, retire with a glass of amber nectar and dream til morning.

 

@Galana ah but I have one - see post #426 above. Where would you suggest is a strategic place?

[Galana]

16 minutes ago, Tdgraves said:

ah but I have one -

So you have. Have you a bird bath and/or bird table? A few spilled seeds to bring in mice and.........!

Or where you caught the Sparrowhawk.

[Tdgraves]

Ok will move it to near the bird feeders (tomorrow) and report back....

[michael-ibk]

Sorry to hear about your loss. Congrats on #300, and very jealous about the Racket-Tailed. Hope you had a good time in Zim?

[Tdgraves]

thanks @michael-ibk it was fabulous, but all seems a bit distant now....

 

time to look forward to the next trip  

[Tdgraves]

12 minutes ago, Tdgraves said:

thanks @michael-ibk it was fabulous, but all seems a bit distant now....

 

time to look forward to the next trip  

 

...which is in 91 days time!

[Tdgraves]

Now, I think that I need to make a correction. #394 was confidently identified by our guide as a Senegal coucal and I don't remember looking at this in the book. I have never seen one before, so was none the wiser. However, I have just found "another" Senegal coucal from Matusadona which is very different. So I got the book out and searched the internet and I believe that #394 is in fact a white-browed coucal, still a new one to us and hence the ease of the mistake. So here is the real Senegal coucal...

 

Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 9/9/17

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 800, f7.1, 1/1250

 

 

308) Senegal coucal

[Tdgraves]

P.S. just bought a 4K monitor for the PC and the photos look sweeeet on it - highly recommended!

[Tdgraves]

Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 3/9/17

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/1000

 

 

309) Groundscraper thrush

[Tdgraves]

Somalisa in camp, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 3/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/1250, EV+1/3 a bit EBC, but it was the best I managed

 

 

310) Tawny flanked prinia

[Tdgraves]

so that should be it for Hwange. Tomorrow, on to Matusadona....

[xelas]

2 hours ago, Tdgraves said:

P.S. just bought a 4K monitor for the PC and the photos look sweeeet on it - highly recommended!

 

Make and model? Is it calibrated??

[Tdgraves]

LG 27UD69P

 

calibrated??

[xelas]

Nice  !! Well, I have never calibrated any oy my monitors anyway.

[Tdgraves]

It’s Like a giant iPad - photos are much less disappointing!

[Tdgraves]

So after saying that there were no more new ones, I have found another

 

Changa Safari Camp, in camp, Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 7/9/17

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f7.1, 1/640

 

 

311) Village weaver

[Tdgraves]

Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 7/9/17

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 320, f6.3, 1/1000

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 800, f8, 1/1600 (courtesy of the OH)

 

 

312) Glossy ibis

[Tdgraves]

Changa Safari Camp, in camp, Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 7/9/17

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 640, f6.3, 1/640

 

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/400

 

 

313) Tropical boubou

[Tdgraves]

Changa Safari Camp, in camp, Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 7/9/17

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f7.1, 1/500

 

 

314) Black-crowned tchagra

[Tdgraves]

Changa Safari Camp, in camp, Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 7/9/17

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f7.1, 1/320

 

 

315) Jameson's firefinch

[Tdgraves]

Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 9/9/17

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/320

 

 

316) Cinnamon-breasted bunting

[Tdgraves]

Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 6/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f7.1, 1/1000

 

 

8/9/17, Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 500, f5.6, 1/1250

 

 

10/9/17, Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 500, f5.6, 1/1000

 

 

317) Pied kingfisher

[Tdgraves]

Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 10/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 1600, f5.6, 1/1000

 

 

318) Zitting cisticola

[Tdgraves]

Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 10/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/800

 

 

319) African pipit

[Tdgraves]

Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 10/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/640

 

 

320) Little bee-eater