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Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, 12/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/1600, EV +2/3

 

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337) Village indigobird female (another new one - it's taken me all this time to ID it)

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Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, 14/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 320, f7.1, 1/500

 

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15/9/17, Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 800, f13, 1/320

 

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338) African openbill

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Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, 14/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 200, f5.6, 1/1250

 

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339) Black-winged stilt

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In camp, Kanga camp, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, 14/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f6.3, 1/50

 

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340) White-browed robin-chat

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In camp, Kanga camp, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, 14/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 400, f8, 1/320, EV +1

 

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341) Pale flycatcher

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In camp, Kanga camp, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, 14/9/17

 

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

 

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342) Chinspot batis

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Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, 11/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 800, f7.1, 1/800, EV +11/3

 

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343) Lillian's lovebird

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 Kanga pan, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, 14/9/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 800, f7.1, 1/1250

 

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344) Western-banded snake-eagle

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and I think that should be it, unless I can find some more hidden away. Some duplicates to finish up...

 

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Beautiful shots. I´m pretty sure I saw exactly the same Western-Banded Snake Eagle at exactly the same spot.

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He did - coming up soon.

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15 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

He did - coming up soon.

I think @Soukous saw its brother in S.Luangwa too.:mellow:

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  • 3 weeks later...

A common visitor to the garden (when the humans aren't around), but hard to capture...

 

Home, Cambridge, UK 5/11/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 1600, f7.1, 1/1000, EV +1/3

 

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345) Western jackdaw

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We went to Iceland for the weekend, to try and see the Northern Lights (failed :(). Saw a couple of new birds, but nothing compared to what it must be like in the summer...

 

From the hotel bedroom window (before sunrise), Husafell, Iceland, 17/11/17

 

Canon 5D mark iii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 1250, f5.6, 1/400, EV +1

 

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Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 2000, f5.6, 1/250

 

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346) Snow bunting (new for us)

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On foot (-14 degrees Celsius!!), Husafell, Iceland, 18/11/17

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/125

 

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347) Arctic redpoll (another new one for us)

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We did see flocks of harlequin ducks, but were unable to catch any on camera

 

So this means I now have 5 weeks to find 3 new birds in the UK.....:unsure:

 

a sunny duplicate to make that task seem easier

 

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I am sure you can get 3.

two lovely photos from Iceland- and that is cold!

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And I thought we are going distances for getting a few more additions to our Big Year :huh:! Sorry for the missing aurora borealis; have you at least got any of the famous icebergs on black sand photos?

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Towlersonsafari

Are you going to chase a hawfinch @Tdgraves there is an invasion at he moment from central Europe!

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Whereabouts @Towlersonsafari ?

 

the one from my garden that I am lacking is a coal tit, but they are rare guests and the other one I tried for in the summer was a red kite

 

we are off to Devon/Cornwall at the beginning of December, so I was hoping for some sea birds or migrating species that I haven’t already seen to make up the numbers. Still I shouldn’t complain, I am already 98 up on last year....

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Towlersonsafari

Hello @Tdgraves  its funny how certain birds decide to be elusive.Good luck with your search-we rarely see coal tits in our garden although i can never work out why. One answer on Hawfinches is that they are wherever I am not, as I have gone several places to see them recently and  missed out each time-although did see a stoat which is a fair compensation! if you are on Twitter there is actually a twitter feed @Hawfinches that gives details of where they have been sighted.depending on how keen you are the northamptonshire birds website gives updates on sightings -i notice you are in Cambridgeshire-you could do a swoop for Red Kites -lots near Oundle -and Hawfinches like Hornbeam trees in winter-wish I knew what one looked like-and at the moment seem to be hoovering up Yew berries-my bird ap says they like churchyards in Winter-which seems very specific but i assume refers to the Yews. anyway-Good Luck!  Do you think @xelas is disturbing the Hawfinches in his mad dash for birds to add to his collection, thus causing the Great  Hawfinch invasion?

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2 hours ago, Towlersonsafari said:

Do you think @xelas is disturbing the Hawfinches in his mad dash for birds

I would not put anything past him. He will be clicking away at midnight on New Year's eve.

 

Keep on trying for Coalies. Devon has promise of good things to sail past the 350.

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And indeed I will , hehehe. If not, for sure early morning next day, a boat trip with a birder/guide is already booked. An adequate gift for the two of us, wouldn't you say so?! Only problem is, those birds will count only in Big Year 2018 B).

 

Hawfinches are still around, I have seen them in Seewinkel, and a Bullfinch yesterday near my home. 

 

@Tdgraves if you will find a good fare on Easyjet you can come to Ljubljana, and I can guarantee you a Coal Tit, accompanied by Crested Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit and March Tit, all at the same time and place. Plus, today it was 14 C ... plus ;).

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5 minutes ago, xelas said:

If not, for sure early morning next day

That's the trouble with Christmas. A waste of a good birding day.

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