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Mar 07, 2015 11:06 |  #1

Bee Eaters

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Mar 07, 2015 13:27 |  #2

beautiful birds and nice capture. really outstanding colours!

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Mar 07, 2015 16:44 |  #3

Bravo! Very Nice.

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Mar 09, 2015 06:13 |  #4

This little family of ostriches was spotted in Botswana, Africa in October, 2014.

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Mar 27, 2023 06:41 |  #5

I'm following the Birds of Europe and Birds of Australia threads, but only discovered this today. I am trying to resurrect it and hope I'm not the only one that is going to post here.
A Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori). It is the heaviest flying bird from Africa, and is the national bird of Botswana

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Mar 27, 2023 07:47 |  #6

Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca);

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Mar 27, 2023 14:51 |  #7

Piet ZA wrote in post #19498915 (external link)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca);

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Beautiful.

Interesting thread. Keep them coming.


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Mar 28, 2023 04:30 |  #8

Piet ZA wrote in post #19498884 (external link)
I'm following the Birds of Europe and Birds of Australia threads, but only discovered this today. I am trying to resurrect it and hope I'm not the only one that is going to post here.
A Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori). It is the heaviest flying bird from Africa, and is the national bird of Botswana

Good idea, I don't think I'll post here, but I like the birds, so hopefully there is more to see soon.




  
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Mar 28, 2023 18:11 |  #9

One of the Snake Eagles, the marvelously colored Bateleur.
Savuti Camp, Botswana.

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Mar 28, 2023 18:30 |  #10

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #19499685 (external link)
One of the Snake Eagles, the marvelously colored Bateleur.
Savuti Camp, Botswana.



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Very colorful! I didn't know there were colorful eagles. Thanks for posting.




  
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Aug 18, 2023 04:49 |  #11

A colorful male ostrich (Struthio camelus) in breeding plumage

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