PC's Better year

[elefromoz]

@Peter Connan, beautiful colourful October birds, the pretty Blue Waxbills on the grotty old tyre is a great photo

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @elefromoz

[Peter Connan]

But wait, I have not given up! Numerous mornings spent around netted very little though.

181) Glossy Ibis

 

Glansibis

Plegadis falcinellus

 

 

 

 

Nikon D3 + 500mm f4

Bonaero Park dam, 7 November 

[Peter Connan]

But this past weekend we went to a lodge in Dinokeng (just north of Pretoria).

 

I have seen a few guineafowl this year (in fact I see them probably on a weekly basis on my way to work), but until now had not managed to get even one decent shot.

 

Got lucky this weekend though...

 

182) Hemeted Guineafowl

 

Gewone Tarentaal

Numida meleagris

 

 

 

Nikon D3 + 500mm

 

Siyaya lodge, Dinokeng

12 November

[xelas]

One great GIF photo, @Peter Connan! It looks like you enjoy your new toy ; pro gear in hands of expert photographer = excellent photos .

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @xelas

[PeterHG]

Excellent flight shot of that guineafowl, @Peter Connan !

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @PeterHG

 

183) Arrow-marked Babbler

 

Grootkatlagter

Actophilornis africanus

 

 

12 November, Siyaya Lodge, Dinokeng.

[Peter Connan]

Somehow, I got the Afrikaans and Latin names for the previous bird completely wrong, It is in fact 

Pylvlekkatlagter

Turdoides jardineii

 

 

184) Pied Babbler

 

Witkatlagter

Turdoides bicolor

 

 

 

11 November, Siyaya Lodge, Dinokeng

Edited November 16, 2017 by Peter Connan

[Elsa Hoffmann]

Jislike - that flying GuinneaFowl.... 

[Peter Connan]

Thanks @Elsa Hoffmann

[Peter Connan]

185) African Jacana

 

Grootlangtoon

Actophilornis africanus

 

 

 

11 November, Siyaya Lodge, Dinokeng

[xelas]

D3 again?!  I like the IQ.

[Peter Connan]

Yes, thanks @xelas

 

Everything from now untill further notice will be D3.

[Peter Connan]

One I missed from earlier:

 

186) Bronze Mannikin

 

Gewone Fret

Lonchura cucullata

 

 

4 November, Rooihuiskraal (in a friend's garden)

[Peter Connan]

Back to our weekend at Siyaya Lodge in Dinokeng:

 

187) Red-billed Hornbill

 

Rooibekneushoringvoel

Tockus erythrorhynchus

 

 

12 November

[Peter Connan]

188) Magpie Shrike

 

Langstertlaksman

Corvinella melanoleuca

 

 

 

11 November, Siyaya Bush Lodge

[Peter Connan]

189) Lesser Striped Swallow

 

Kleinstreepswael

Hirundo abyssinica

 

 

 

11 November, Siyaya

[Peter Connan]

190) Greater Striped Swallow

 

Grootstreepswael

Hirundo cucullata

 

11 November, Siyaya

[xelas]

What are the two UFO's next to the Greater Stripped Swallow head? Good job with these fast flying birds, @Peter Connan.

[Peter Connan]

Thanks @xelas.

He was collecting mud for nest-building, and the larger of the two is a piece of that mud. I am nort sure of the other bit, but suspect it's the same.

[Peter Connan]

191) Little Swift

 

Kleinwindsael

Apus affinis

 

 

 

11 November, Siyaya

[PeterHG]

Beautiful flight shots of the swallows and swifts, @Peter Connan !

[Peter Connan]

Thanks @PeterHG

 

192) Red-billed Oxpecker

 

Rooibekrenostervoel

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

 

 

11 Novemeber, Siyaya

[Peter Connan]

193) Lesser Masked Weaver

 

Kleingeelvink

Ploceus intermedius

 

 

 

11 November, Siyaya