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Photos by Trip: South Africa - Western Cape Aug-Sep 2007
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Springbok, Goegap Nature Reserve & Augrabies Falls NP
Aug 28-30
Booted Eagle
Aquila pennatus
Namaqualand Game Lodge
Springbok, South Africa
27 August 2007

Cape Weaver
Ploceus capensis
Goegap Nature Reserve
South Africa
29 August 2007

Southern Ant-eating Chat
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Goegap Nature Reserve
South Africa
29 August 2007

Sociable Weaver
Philetairus socius
N14 near Pofadder
South Africa
29 August 2007

 

 

Nest burdening a telephone pole

Mountain Wheatear (dark morph)
Oenanthe monticola
Augrabies Falls NP
South Africa
29 August 2007
African Hoopoe
Upupa africana
Augrabies Falls NP campground
South Africa
29 August 2007

Pygmy Falcon
Polihierax semitorquatus
Augrabies Falls NP
South Africa
30 August 2007

Aug. 30-Sep 1 - Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Crimson-breasted Shrike (Gonolek)
Laniarius atrococcineus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
30 August 2007
Kori Bustard
Ardeotis kori
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007

Namaqua Sandgrouse
Pterocles namaqua
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007

Pale Chanting Goshawk
Melierax canorus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007

Giant Eagle Owl
Bubo lacteus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007

Acacia Pied Barbet
Tricholaema leucomelas
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007

Cape Glossy Starling
Lamprotornis nitens
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007

Marico Flycatcher
Bradornis mariquensis
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007

Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentarius
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007
Northern Black Korhaan (f)
Eupodotis afraoides
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007
Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus leucomelas
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007
Cape Point Pelagic Tour
Cape Gannet
Morus capensis
off Cape Point, South Africa
15 September 2007
Shy Albatross
Thalassarche cauta
off Cape Point, South Africa
15 September 2007

(okay, lousy shot - but you can see the narrow black margin of the underwing that distinguishes it in flight from the Black-browed)
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
off Cape Point, South Africa
15 September 2007

Pintado Petrel
Daption capense
off Cape Point, South Africa
15 September 2007
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
off Cape Point, South Africa
15 September 2007

White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
off Cape Point, South Africa
15 September 2007

Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
off Cape Point, South Africa
15 September 2007