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Basie · 01-15-2021, 09:24 AM - **4 Likes**

Originally posted by WPRESTO

African stonechat, a deep crop from an image taken with a one-inch sensor camera.

Came out very well. can you remember where?It is supposed to be around here, but is not commonly seen

Your starling is really superb!

Originally posted by ramseybuckeye

When you started with those first five words I was expecting the Groucho Marx line about shooting an elephant in your pajamas

Please not!

Originally posted by noelcmn

Lucky you Basie!

Quite! I agree

---------- Post added 01-15-21 at 06:32 PM ----------

These African Jacanas looks quite docile and can run over the plants with their very long toes, but I was quite surprised to see how they can go at each other with hammer and tongs and beaks and wings and feet

**noelcmn** · 01-15-2021, 11:13 AM - **3 Likes**

Cutie

**WPRESTO** · 01-15-2021, 11:29 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Basie

Came out very well. can you remember where?It is supposed to be around here, but is not commonly seen

Your starling is really superb!

Noelcmn took us to a relatively nearby nature reserve, I think it was Rietviei, when we were in SA. I forgot to charge the batteries for my MFT camera, so if mostly used the Sony RX100M6 which has a 28~200mm FF equivalent zoom, but the stonechat is small and it was not very close, so 200mm FOV was not nearly enough.

We saw superb starlings several places in Kenya. Enough that I began to ignore them as a subject.

**noelcmn** · 01-15-2021, 12:18 PM - **2 Likes**

Rietvlei it was! And a very special time it was too! Here two from that occasion

**ramseybuckeye** · 01-15-2021, 05:29 PM - **2 Likes**

Although I saw a dolphin and some type of a hawk today, I didn't get pictures of them. The hawk was at a distance when I was sporting the DA20-40, had a long tail so probably a coopers hawk, I saw the dolphins as they went under the bridge, but I got some GBH photos.

**noelcmn** · 01-16-2021, 03:33 AM - **2 Likes**

Vulture

Basie · 01-31-2021, 12:03 AM

Just monkeying around.. Last two NSFW?

**noelcmn** · 01-31-2021, 05:16 AM - **1 Like**

I'm gonna report you to the Moderators BASIE

Visited both Faerie Glen Nature Reserve and Rietvlei Nature Reserve yesterday (There to collect two lenses after a bout of LBA) . Had'nt been to Faerie Glen before, and despite the rain, it was very nice, and well worth another visit sometime. Short hikes and they've recently introduced some game, including these Impala

And a Bishop was displaying-enjoying the free time from duty at his church

**WPRESTO** · 01-31-2021, 07:13 AM

Two beaver images, SFAIK a uniquely North American rodent. SCANS

**noelcmn** · 01-31-2021, 07:20 AM

Yesterday's brief visit to Rietvlei

**WPRESTO** · 01-31-2021, 07:28 AM

Originally posted by noelcmn

Yesterday's brief visit to Rietvlei

Love the little zebra.

Toad singing - well, making a noise - in hope of attracting a mate. Actually, the trilling of toads is a welcome, happy springtime sound. SCAN

**noelcmn** · 01-31-2021, 07:34 AM

More from Rietvlei=A very brief sighting of an Eland crossing the road, before it disappeared into the long grass.

The long grass hiding a Waterbuck

But not the Bontebok

The Zebras were in a cuddlesome mood

normhead · 01-31-2021, 08:31 AM - **1 Like**

K-3 DA 55-300 PLM
ƒ8, ISO 100

From where I was sitting I could see this bird flying back and forth from a nest hole, storing food, which enabled me to get multiple shots of a behaviour being repeated over and over again. Which made it possible for me to document the whole behaviour.

How to get food it you are a nuthatch?

Find a branch from where you can evaluate the landscape.

Look up.

Check the nearby bushes for competitors.

Look down... oh boy goodies.

OK, going for the goodies...

Pay dirt.

**WPRESTO** · 01-31-2021, 08:48 AM

Our local whitetail deer. SCAN

**noelcmn** · 01-31-2021, 10:55 AM

Red Hartebeest hiding in the long grass,

Zebras in the rain

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01-15-2021, 09:24 AM - 4 Likes	#10801
Basie Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Windhoek, Namibia Photos: Gallery Posts: 991	Originally posted by WPRESTO African stonechat, a deep crop from an image taken with a one-inch sensor camera. Came out very well. can you remember where?It is supposed to be around here, but is not commonly seen Your starling is really superb! Originally posted by ramseybuckeye When you started with those first five words I was expecting the Groucho Marx line about shooting an elephant in your pajamas Please not! Originally posted by noelcmn Lucky you Basie! Quite! I agree ---------- Post added 01-15-21 at 06:32 PM ---------- These African Jacanas looks quite docile and can run over the plants with their very long toes, but I was quite surprised to see how they can go at each other with hammer and tongs and beaks and wings and feet

01-15-2021, 11:13 AM - 3 Likes	#10802
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,231	Cutie

01-15-2021, 11:29 AM - 1 Like	#10803
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,142	Originally posted by Basie Came out very well. can you remember where?It is supposed to be around here, but is not commonly seen Your starling is really superb! Noelcmn took us to a relatively nearby nature reserve, I think it was Rietviei, when we were in SA. I forgot to charge the batteries for my MFT camera, so if mostly used the Sony RX100M6 which has a 28~200mm FF equivalent zoom, but the stonechat is small and it was not very close, so 200mm FOV was not nearly enough. We saw superb starlings several places in Kenya. Enough that I began to ignore them as a subject.

01-15-2021, 12:18 PM - 2 Likes	#10804
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,231	Rietvlei it was! And a very special time it was too! Here two from that occasion

01-15-2021, 05:29 PM - 2 Likes	#10805
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,296	Although I saw a dolphin and some type of a hawk today, I didn't get pictures of them. The hawk was at a distance when I was sporting the DA20-40, had a long tail so probably a coopers hawk, I saw the dolphins as they went under the bridge, but I got some GBH photos.

01-16-2021, 03:33 AM - 2 Likes	#10806
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,231	Vulture

01-31-2021, 12:03 AM	#10807
Basie Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Windhoek, Namibia Photos: Gallery Posts: 991	Just monkeying around.. Last two NSFW?

01-31-2021, 05:16 AM - 1 Like	#10808
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,231	I'm gonna report you to the Moderators BASIE Visited both Faerie Glen Nature Reserve and Rietvlei Nature Reserve yesterday (There to collect two lenses after a bout of LBA) . Had'nt been to Faerie Glen before, and despite the rain, it was very nice, and well worth another visit sometime. Short hikes and they've recently introduced some game, including these Impala And a Bishop was displaying-enjoying the free time from duty at his church

01-31-2021, 07:20 AM	#10810
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,231	Yesterday's brief visit to Rietvlei

01-31-2021, 07:34 AM	#10812
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,231	More from Rietvlei=A very brief sighting of an Eland crossing the road, before it disappeared into the long grass. The long grass hiding a Waterbuck But not the Bontebok The Zebras were in a cuddlesome mood

01-31-2021, 08:31 AM - 1 Like	#10813
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	K-3 DA 55-300 PLM ƒ8, ISO 100 From where I was sitting I could see this bird flying back and forth from a nest hole, storing food, which enabled me to get multiple shots of a behaviour being repeated over and over again. Which made it possible for me to document the whole behaviour. How to get food it you are a nuthatch? Find a branch from where you can evaluate the landscape. Look up. Check the nearby bushes for competitors. Look down... oh boy goodies. OK, going for the goodies... Pay dirt.

01-31-2021, 10:55 AM	#10815
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,231	Red Hartebeest hiding in the long grass, Zebras in the rain

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