26 January 2023 - Near Inanda Country Base
Like last week, after dropping the dogs at 'school', I decided to quickly explore an open patch of grassland near Inanda Country Place which still falls within my home Pentad.
It was quite lively and I spent a bit of time with an obliging family of Zitting Cisticola's
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| Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) |
As it started warming up, some aerial species passed by overhead; European Bee-eater with prey in its beak, after which it is named
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| European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) |
White-rumped Swift
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| White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer) |
Lesser-striped Swallow (again!)
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| Lesser-striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica) |
and Yellow-billed Kite
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| Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius) |
I walked to some scrub in the grassland, finding Black-chested Prinia
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| Black-chested Prinia (Prinia flavicans) |
And a pair of African Stonechat's
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| Male African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus) |
There were a few invertebrates around, but I was only able to photograph this Yellow, before heading back to my home office
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| Broad-bordeded Grass Yellow (Terias b. brigitta) |
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