Animal Sunday Photography My Contibution @homeartpictures
Visits up to Garden Castle area in the Southern Drakensberg, enjoy the A - Z of birds I have managed to photograph in the region.
All photography is my own (please ask permission before you use any of my photography) Photography taken with either Canon PowerShot A530 or Canon EOS 500D
Most visits take place during the months of September or October being slightly cooler in the mountains.
Egyptian Goose This capture caught me off-guard since I was not aware the goose would sit up in trees, live and learn.
Here are two with the sun capturing the beautiful plumage whilst sunning themselves after the brisk night. He gave me that 'look'.
Fiscal Shrike Known as the Jacky-hanger for hanging it's food onto tree thorns or barb wire (we call it biltong so he inherited something I do believe)
Gabar goshawk The following bird I researched to try find out what it is, I may be completely wrong with description, please if you do know drop a comment with what it actually is. (Size was about 30cm long, extremely shy and fast, first photo close to the ground and then up on the tree.)
Greater Kestrell Another surprise flying above my head that I have researched and the closest I managed is to identify this as the Greater Kestrell, I may be completely wrong.... hey, there expert birders a helping hand is needed here.
Guineafowl Not normally seen up out of the bush wandering around on it's own, one and only time I have seen this up in the mountain area. Helmeted Guineafowl (Eng.); gewone tarentaal (Afr.); impangele (Xhosa).
Sacred ibis With dams in the area quite a common sight along the edges of the water, they appear to fly up into the mountain area during the day and fly out just prior sunset.
Yellow-billed duck Water ponds for the golf course this little duck appears to be enjoying somewhere new, first and only one I have seen here.
*Red-winged starling Afrikaans known as the rooivlerkspreeu, and as iSomi in Zulu have made this area home. Sharing breakfast with many birds in the second photo (additional whole wheat bread goes along for goose, ibis, starling, finches and who ever else arrives).
Each visit reveals a variety of bird life still to be photographed.
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