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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges 01-03-2019, 12:55 PM

Picture of the Week POTW #530 - Period 24 December 2018-6 January 2019 - NEW YEAR EDITION
Posted By noelcmn

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Thanks for you kind comments, Merv-O. The bird is the same as the one I posted, Yellow Billed Egret, they love keeping company with ungulates, which of course disturb insects that they are able to feed on. And yes, South Africa, along with the rest of Africa, in wonderfully blessed with Fauna and Flora. And I make the most of it :)

Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges 01-02-2019, 11:32 AM

Picture of the Week POTW #530 - Period 24 December 2018-6 January 2019 - NEW YEAR EDITION
Posted By noelcmn

Replies: 14
Views: 1,442

Thanks you all for posting.
Vaskebjorn, glad to see you here, and splendid Silhouette that! Tunisa mmmm... must be a HOT place!
Merv-O, Howard is welcome, he looks like a contented dog, and RULER OF THE ROOST by all accounts! As far as I know, we have no issues with Leica :).
JamesNZ, WELCOME-to PF and POTW in particular. Agree with you about the 2nd post, and it looks like its glistening. Super shot! Hope we see more of you!
Photolady95, you are welcome. And you are LUCKY. A flock of Ibises hunting in the front yard. And hunting MOLES? how very interesting. Not seen anything like that here in SA, though from just looking at those birds, they seem a bit larger than the few species of Ibises we have here. Lovely reflection shot of that wonderful bird, Great white Egret. They occur around here as well, quite the global bird it seems.

I'll share this sighting from the other day. After heavy rains, the flying termites emerge by the hundreds, and birds cash in on the bounty; At Zoo Lake, and I counted Egrets, Grey Turaco, Lesser blue eared Starling, Pied Starling and Red Winged Starling, Indian Myna, Weavers, Sparrows and Bulbuls at the spot.
First were the Egrets, picking them up as they emerge from the underground nest, wise move, seeing that they do not have the dexterity to catch them in flight.
Yellow billed Egrets-Feeding frenzy by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

This one just above the nest
Yellow billed Egrets-Feeding frenzy by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

The Greedy Pied Starling with two termites in its beak
Pied Starling with catch by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

Lesser Blue eared Starling, Indian Myna, Bulbul and Pied Starling waiting.
Bird feeding frenzy by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

Red Winged Starling with Catch
Red Winged Starling with catch by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

The Indian Myna's outnumbered the rest
Indian Myna by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

Keep clicking and keep posting here!

Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges 12-31-2018, 01:49 PM

Picture of the Week POTW #530 - Period 24 December 2018-6 January 2019 - NEW YEAR EDITION
Posted By noelcmn

Replies: 14
Views: 1,442

And starting us off, a Visit to Rietvlei Nature Reserve on the 26th and some images from that visit.
Rhino by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

And the first time is 6 years of visiting the place, I saw the Cheetah, part of a research and breeding program. The offspring, once mature and independent, are removed and relocated to other Game/Nature Reserves across South Africa.
Cheetah by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

The visit coincided with the annual visit of the Whiskered Terns
Whiskered Terns by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

The yellow Billed Egrets are ever present with Rhino, Eland, Zebra, Blesbok, Hartebeest and Buffalo and Gnu.
Yellow Billed Egret by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

Talking of Gnu
Gnu Landscape by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

And new life for the New Year. This fella could not have been more that a few days old.
Baby Zebra by Noel Bowers, on Flickr

Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges 12-31-2018, 01:41 PM

Picture of the Week POTW #530 - Period 24 December 2018-6 January 2019 - NEW YEAR EDITION
Posted By noelcmn

Replies: 14
Views: 1,442

Welcome to the 529th edition of Picture of the Week (POTW), covering 24 December to 6 January 2019. For this weeks POTW, we are calling it "NEW YEAR EDITION" and you are invited to submit all things related to New Year celebrations and the holiday season, and seeing that Christmas is included in the date range, those are welcome too!

I take this opportunity to wish all Pentaxians (and visitors) a very Blessed 2019, filled with all things good! Hope you and yours have a wonderful 2019!

POTW is a great spot to show off six or fewer shots you take or are editing within the thread's date range. In other words, you can post your shots from this week AND last week.

To post your great photos, just hit reply and attach away.

Feel free to start immediately.

Please:

• consider including in your post any special circumstances or tips on technique or equipment which might be interesting to others.

• identify your camera and lens if that information is easily available to you.

And please invite other Pentaxians to join us.

Some rules:
1) No theme, just post your favorite pix
2) Six or fewer images per person per thread to prevent thread bloat
3) Any Pentax, Ricoh or Samsung camera, film or digital

The current host will invite a new host via Private Message (PM), but if you are interested and willing to host POTW, please send me a PM, before I contact others.

If possible, the new thread will be linked to the previous one. If the thread doesn't start, please contact the host, via PM. Here are the records of recent POTW thread hosts: 390-406 smf, 407-408ramseybuckeye, 409-411 stubyles, 412-423 SD_Bob, 424-427 dave kitson 428-451 smf 452, 453, 454 StephenHampshire 455 Aslyfox, 456 StepehenHampshire, 457-466 noelcmn, 467 Aslyfox, 469-470 aaacb 471 Madmathmind, 472 Madmathmind, 473 Eva, 474 rjbrett, 475 Aslyfox, 476 - 485 noelcmn, 486 - 488 rjbrett, 489 clackers, 490 - 498 rjbrett, 499 StephenHampshire 500 smf, 501 StephenHampshire, 502-505 Eva, 506-525 Vaskebjorn, 526 noelcmn, 527 noelcmn, 528 noelcmn, 529 noelcmn

The series was launched by Peter Zack.

Thanks very much to all hosts and to everyone who contributes images and comments in these threads. And we warmly welcome any new contributions, especially from new joiners.

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