Green Woody

Juvenile Green Woodpecker, Prior's Fen, Cambridgeshire, 23.7.06. I've been trying to photograph Green Woodepckers for what seems like ages, now. But they are crafty and shy and, presumably as they spend so long on the ground (feeding on ants) they are very aware of their vulnerability. So, if you get close, they see you before you see them and they're off. So it appeared when I was wanderign aroudn Prior's Fen the other week, with a juvenile yaffling off, sore-throated into the nearby willows. However, it left one of its siblings behind on the deck, and it simply ignored me and kept digging away for ants as it got closer and closer. These are the shots I got, as I tried to not move a muscle while constantly refocusing the scope...
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South African Birds T-W

Three-banded Plover

Water Dikkop

Trumpeter Hornbill


White-breasted Cormorant


White-eared Barbet

Woolly-necked Stork
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South African Birds S

Sacred Ibis

Scarlet-chested Sunbird (female)

Scarlet-chested Sunbird (male)



Southern Banded Snake-eagle


Speckled Pigeon




Speckled Mousebird

Spike-heeled Lark

Spotted Dikkop
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South African birds O-R

Ostrich

Purple-crested Lourie

Palmnut Vulture

Pied and Brown-hooded Kingfishers

Purple Gallinule

Red-capped Lark

Red-fronted Tinker Barbet


Red-knobbed Coot


Red-throated Wryneck

Red-billed Oxpecker

Red-winged Starling (female)

Red-winged Starling (male)
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Canon Powershot A95, Kowa TSN-823 + 32xWLER

South African Birds E-N

Emerald-spotted Dove

Fiscal Shrike

Fork-tailed Drongo


Glossy Starling

Hottentot Teal

Laughing Dove



Lilac-breasted Roller

Narina Trogon
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Canon Powershot A95, Kowa TSN-823 + 32xWLER