Apart from the Amur falcon, the yellow-billed kite was most common species of birds of prey in South Africa. During those two weeks we were able to watch it many times and I had plenty photos to choose from to the gallery of this species. This is the fifth species of kite on my website.
Last minute news - 12/2017 - Tanzania
Alphabetical list
Yellow-billed Kite
Accipitriformes
Bardzo dobre |
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Passerine
South Africa-02/2017 Dobre |
Yellow-billed Pintail
Anseriformes
Dostateczne |
Yellow-billed Shrike
Passerine
Dobre |
Yellow-billed Stork
Ciconiiformes
One could say that we were lucky this time. In Thailand only one representative of the stork family - the Asian openbill - was photographed. When I was back from other trips I could not widen a group of the representatives of this family on my website. In South Africa, we managed to photograph the yellow-billed stork, the African openbill and the woolly-necked stork. So I have three more representatives of storks. Of course with varying degrees of success in terms of photographic effect. Dobre |
Yellow-breasted Antpitta
Passerine
My output from this family of birds so far is two species, photographed in Thailand and Srilanka (chickadees). So not much. In Ecuador, I managed to photograph 8 species (antpittas)! They are difficult to photograph and without the help of local guides it would have been impossible. The guides had to spend a lot of time beforehand to make them an attraction for observers, photographers. They live naturally on the bottom of a tropical moist forest. They are small, secretive and difficult to see, let alone photograph. Bardzo dobre |
Yellow-breasted Barbet
Piciformes
Dobre |
Yellow-browed Bulbul
Passerine
Dobre |
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Passerine
Dostateczne |
Yellow-browed Warbler
Passerine
I managed to photograph several species of warblers while on a trip to Thailand. It was not easy taking into account all the difficulties in photographing them. Mainly they stayed quite far in the treetops and to make matters worse they were very busy. Often before the camera focused automatically, the bird had gone. Their small size (about 10 grams - three times lighter than a sparrow) did not make the task any easier. Birds often were hidden behind needles or leaves. Taking pictures was only one of the difficulties but the real problem was how to identify them. Dobre |