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Super shots STF - love the little grebe, and your in fligths are

I think the tough job was sorting only 28 out of the 400 you took.... or am I wrong..

Nah Amolie his a pro, He only took 28 photo's and they all came out great , not like me that took a lot and can only use a few

Oops.. sorry STF...

Great pics stf!! How many of those were firsts?

Great bird pics STF

nan wrote:like the Flamingo, the Whydah
I think the little one a baby Little Grebe (Dabchick)

Thanks for the chick ID nan.

PRWIN wrote:geat shot STF ,those dabchicks came out much better than mine and I see you got a Squacco in flight

Did you take them all on your setting or did you change the settings ????

Thanks very much PRWIN - just lucky I guess.

I was on manual and changed the settings to the photo I want to take.

Amoli wrote:Super shots STF - love the little grebe, and your in fligths are

I think the tough job was sorting only 28 out of the 400 you took.... or am I wrong..

Thanks very much Amoli.

You are quite right. Sorting through them and then playing around with Lightroom.

PRWIN wrote:Nah Amolie his a pro, He only took 28 photo's and they all came out great , not like me that took a lot and can only use a few

Amoli wrote:Oops.. sorry STF...

Flutterby wrote:Great pics stf!! How many of those were firsts?

Thanks very much Flutterby.

Firsts were, greater flamingo, pied avocet, squacco heron and red-billed duck. Not too bad hey?

Lisbeth wrote:Great bird pics STF

Thank very much Lisbeth.

Second lot of 14.

Hottentot teal at hadeda hide - a first.


I am sure this is from the plover family but which one? I am unable to find a plover with the distinctive white back of neck and throat. Another first.


White-throated swallow just taken off.


White-throated swallow dispute over best seat on the branch.


Could this be the common redshank? He has the orange-red base to both the lower and upper mandible but does not seem to have red legs. Another first for me.


Safe landing for a white-throated swallow. I must have spent a good hour and half trying to get these photos of this swallow landing or flying.


This yellow-billed duck was having great fun splashing around in the water.


I cannot seem to find this duck in my book with the distinctive white marking running back from the eye and also the white border to the beak. Could it be a garganey? Another first.


Four in one. Egyptian goose, red-knobbed coot, garganey????? and a pied avocet.


The same as above except with the pied avocet taking off.


A pied avocet having just landed.


A serene yellow-billed duck.


A pair of yellow-billed duck.


Long-tailed paradise-whydah on the ground as I was on my out.


I will for sure be visiting Marievale again.

There was a lot of bird life around If ever I return to Pretoria or JHB, I must go there

wow a lot of birds and a lot of firsts

I would say a Grey Plover (sub adult male, or maybe start changing feathers for breeding)
Common Redshank (for me red legs both your picture and my book)

nan wrote: Common Redshank (for me red legs both your picture and my book)

Could also be a ruff