Soukous Big Year 2017

[wilddog]

Easy to read when I click on it and the image open'

[xelas]

Not for me ; if you would only post the recapitualtion ?!

[Galana]

@xelas  Click on the list. then  click 'view'. It doe snot appear to change but your cursor becomes a  zoom.

Enjoy the list. Can't wait for the photos.  ?Gull especially.

[xelas]

Thanks for info, @Galana! So about 140 birds ... an awesome result, and also looking forward to s+admire the photos!

[Soukous]

#131 Southern Carmine Bee Eater (Merops nubicoides)

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

[Soukous]

#132 White Backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

[Soukous]

#133 Abdim's Stork (Ciconia abdimii)

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

[Soukous]

#134 Brown Hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris)

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

[Soukous]

# 135 Brown Snake Eagle (Circaetus cinereus)

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

[Galana]

# 135 Brown Snake Eagle (Circaetus cinereus)

Sorry it ain't a Brown Snake Eagle. Can you post a blow up of the tail?

[Soukous]

What would I do without you to check my homework @Galana

 

I've cropped in further so you can hopefully see the tail better. The bird was in a dark place and quite far so there is a lot of noise in the photo.

 

 

[Soukous]

#136 White Browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

[Soukous]

#137 Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae)

 

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

[Soukous]

#138 Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)

South Lunagwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

[Soukous]

#139 Yellow Billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius)

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

[Soukous]

#140 Cape Turtle Dove / Ring Necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

Edited November 6, 2017 by Soukous

[Galana]

Hmm. @Soukous

In enlarging you have whitened the tail. In the original it looked darker and I was not sure if it was bird or branch.

It's all very well me saying what it is not (Brown SE.) but I am supposed to help with what it is!! Failed!

I am torn between Western-banded Snake Eagle, right bill colour and tail fairly showing black band after white and just a Common Buzzard.

Is there anybody else out there with a suggestion? Snake-Eagles should NOT have feathered 'thighs'.

 

Your other photos are very good so keep em coming.

Edited November 6, 2017 by Galana
additional text.

[Soukous]

4 hours ago, Galana said:

Hmm. @Soukous

In enlarging you have whitened the tail. In the original it looked darker and I was not sure if it was bird or branch.

It's all very well me saying what it is not (Brown SE.) but I am supposed to help with what it is!! Failed!

I am torn between Western-banded Snake Eagle, right bill colour and tail fairly showing black band after white and just a Common Buzzard.

Is there anybody else out there with a suggestion? Snake-Eagles should NOT have feathered 'thighs'.

 

Your other photos are very good so keep em coming.

 

If you are sure it is not a Brown Snake eagle, then I suspect it might be the Western Banded Snake Eagle. I have them both listed as sightings on the same day and may have got mixed up. Sadly, I didn't get a photo of the other one so I can't compare.

[xelas]

8 hours ago, Soukous said:

The bird was in a dark place and quite far so there is a lot of noise in the photo.

 

More of a problem is that the bird is out of focus; your camera focus is on the tree trunk.

My first call was a Common Buzzard; but I am just a novice birder here .

[Galana]

6 hours ago, xelas said:

your camera focus is on the tree trunk

Common fault with many cameras. The A/F takes the larger object or the foreground. I have run out of swearwords at times when that has happened.

However the tail has it.

Clearly white with broad black terminal band. Western Banded Snake-Eagle.

(With a very Buzzard like head)

 

[Soukous]

Thank you @Galana 

Yes, auto focus is amazing but when you are trying to capture a small bird in the bushes there is only one thing the camera will not focus on. 

I usually revert to manual focus at that stage. 

My bad, I didn't pick up on this one.

[Soukous]

#141 Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops)

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017.

 

OK, I have a couple of weavers to post and I am not 100% confident of my IDs, so I'll tell you what I think they are and you can then tell me I'm wrong.

 

 

[Soukous]

#142 Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

[Soukous]

#142 Yellow Billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017

 

 

[Soukous]

#143 Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)

 

South Luangwa, Zambia. Oct 2017