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Cream-coloured Courser |
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Cream-coloured Courser |
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Namaqua Dove (adult female) |
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Namaqua Dove (adult male) |
I then went to the settling pond which is not empty of water and so also empty of birds and then to the percolation pond. Here there were a few migrant Barn Swallows and 54 Black-winged Stilts that were mainly juvenile birds. The only other birds of note were two pairs of Namaqua Doves one pair of which gave excellent views and hundreds on Common Mynas that are forming small flocks in various parts of the camp.
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Common Myna |
Dear Jem,
ReplyDeleteThis is really great to see. Nothing like the feeling of a new explorer...
Mind you that both the Courser and Dove are newly fledged birds so they must have bred not too far.
Itai
Itai,
DeleteThanks for the message.
The Coursers are dispersing juveniles, thanks for pointing this out, although there was no sign of the adult birds (they normally stay as a family group 2 adults & 2 juveniles for a few weeks about now).
I have some photos of juvenile Namaqua Dove which I will post in a couple of days time.
Jem
Great stuff Jem, always great to find your own birds. Keep up the good work.
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Alan
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Alan,
DeleteThanks - always good to find your own birds like you continually do in the Falkland Islands. Slight difference in temperature between there and here though - 47 degrees Celsius today!
Cheers
Jem
Managed to add CCC as a lifer recently in Herefordshire, a superb Spring adult (Youtube it).....
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