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Someone had their tail (involuntarily I suspect) amputated. Our son commented: "Nice snack" "And sustainable too!" 🤣 #Greyheaded #Bush #Shrike.
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Large yellow/grey bird with a grey head, holding a tail of a lizard in its bill.
October 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM Everybody can reply
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#Tchagra
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Grey small bird with rufus wings, dark grey head and white and black stripes iver the eyes, looking intensively for food.
October 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM Everybody can reply
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Eating well in preparation for the breeding season.
#Masked #Weaver
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Yellow and black bird caught a tiny Caterpillar
October 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM Everybody can reply
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Wishing you all a good week!
#Kurrichane #Thrush
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Grey bird with a beige belly and orange chest and orange bill, sitting high up in a tree.
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM Everybody can reply
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Ran to get my camera for a quick shot through the window of this #Blackheaded #Oriole pair.
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A pair of bright yellow birds, with black heads and black in their wings, red bill and red eyes, sitting in a as yet leafless tree.
October 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM Everybody can reply
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#Meyers #Parrot
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Small parrot with a grey head and wings, yellow patches on wings, and a blue/green chest and belly.
October 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM Everybody can reply
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Air traffic 😍 #Hamerkop
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Brown bird with a head shaped like a hammer flying over.
September 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM Everybody can reply
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🎶Ga mee naar buiten allemaal🎵 in canon!
#Blackheaded #Oriole ofwel #Wielewaal
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Bright yellow bird with a black head and grey and black v-shaped accents on the wings. Red bill and eyes.
September 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM Everybody can reply
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#Slender #Mongoose at the birdbath (photographed through the flyscreen). I often see its tracks, seldom get a glimpse.
#photography #nature #outdoors #garden #goedemorgen #Francistown #Botswana
Brown little animal with a pointy nose and ears being very alert at the birdbath.
September 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM Everybody can reply
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So cool! An #African #Hawk #Eagle
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A black and white bird of prey flying over, wings outstretched. Blue Sky
September 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM Everybody can reply
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So well camouflaged #lizard that I had trouble finding it when cropping the original photograph 😃
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Brown lizard, grey/beige belly and a white stripe on the side of its body barely visible on a heap of dry leaves and grass
September 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM Everybody can reply
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Young #Forktailed #Drongo.
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Young, not yet completely black, bird with a forked tail sitting on a fence.
September 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM Everybody can reply
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Look who we found in the nesting hole high up the electricity pole! #Pearlspotted #Owl
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Little beige owl with white "eyebrows" and white spots, peeping out from a hole in an electricity with beautiful yellow eyes.
September 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM Everybody can reply
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Love the eyes of a #Puffback
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Grey bird with white markings on dark grey wings and piercing red eyes.
September 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM Everybody can reply
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The elusive #Burchells #Coucal. I swear they have eyes in the back of their head. Photographed through dusty windows and flyscreen. There are at least two around, one roosting un the curry tree at the back door. Posing for me: forget!
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A large bird with a strong beak, black head, copper/brown wings and tail, and a beige body, seen at the birdbath.
September 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM Everybody can reply
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The #African #Cucumber is loved by many birds. Here is a #Glossy #Starling eating one (just having chased a Bulbul away).
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A blue/black glossy bird with bright orange eyes eating a wild orange large fruit with big spikes on it.
September 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM Everybody can reply
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#Dragonfly caught a tiny insect.
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Grey/green dragonfly with huge eyes, transparent lacy wings, and an elongated tail, caught a tiny insect.
September 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM Everybody can reply
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Aaaaand stretch!
#Yellowbilled #Hornbills.
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Two large birds sitting on the powerline, flapping their wings.
September 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM Everybody can reply
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When you hear hammering in the garden.
#GoldenTailed #Woodpecker.
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Bird sitting in a tree with a bright red crown on its head, grey speckled back, white chest with dark streaks, yellow in the tail, and a strong pointy bill.
September 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM Everybody can reply
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Gotcha!
Playing cat-and-parrot in the garden.
Finally got a reasonable picture.
#Meyers #Parrot #photography #nature #outdoors #garden #goedemorgen #birdwatching #Francistown #Botswana #Africa #BirdsSeenIn2025
Small grey parrot with yellow shoulders and bright blue underparts hiding deep in a tree.
September 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM Everybody can reply
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#Yellowbellied #Bulbul just out of the bath.
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Yellowbellied bird with green/ yellow wings and darker head sitting on the rim of the birdbath, still very wet.
September 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM Everybody can reply
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Finding thermals in the morning.
#Blackbreasted #Snake #Eagle, two #Vultures, and a #Marabou #Stork.
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A collage of soaring birds who are tsking advantage of thermal streams to reach greater hights.
September 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM Everybody can reply
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#Pied #Barbet went to bed already. Had a lovely surprise when I saw its partner flying in as well.
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A bird seen peeping out of its hole in a fence pole. Black strong bill, red forehead, yellow above the eyes, black around the eyes, and white underneath that.
September 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM Everybody can reply
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Brownhooded Kingfisher I had not seen you for a while. #photography #nature #outdoors #garden #birdwatching #Francistown #Botswana #Africa #BirdsSeenIn2025
White and grey bird with a strong red bill.
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM Everybody can reply
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Yes, finally in November we had good rain and it continued until about two weeks ago. We even had some flooding in Francistown. Bad flooding in Gaborone and other places. Borders to SA closed because the Limpopo river was in flood.
March 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM Everybody can reply
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