{"id":3988,"date":"2018-08-29T08:27:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T08:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?p=3988"},"modified":"2018-08-29T08:27:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T08:27:55","slug":"road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?p=3988","title":{"rendered":"Road trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Home from Namibia, an unforgettable trip,\u00a0 now faced with the near-impossible task of selecting some photos from the 5000+ taken.\u00a0 Digital cameras, eh?<\/p>\n

In good time.\u00a0 In the interim, here is our list of new-to-us birds.<\/p>\n

Huge thanks to the Birds of Namibia book, by Ian Sinclair and Joris Kamen, published by Struik Nature, 2017.<\/p>\n

Great White Pelican
\nGreater Flamingo
\nWhite-Breasted Cormorant
\nCape Cormorant
\nGrey Heron
\nWestern Cattle Egret
\nMarabou Stork
\nSouth African Shelduck
\nRed-billed Teal
\nWhite-backed Vulture
\nWhite-headed Vulture
\nBateleur
\nVerreaux’s Eagle
\nMartial Eagle
\nBlack-Shouldered Kite
\nPale Chanting Goshawk
\nSecretarybird
\nHelmeted Guineafowl
\nCommon Ostrich
\nKori Bustard
\nNorthern Black Korhaan (female)
\nBlack-winged Stilt
\nPied Avocet
\nAfrican (Black) Oystercatcher
\nBlacksmith Plover
\nCrowned Plover
\nMarsh Sandpiper
\nCommon Sandpiper
\nKelp Gull
\nGrey-headed Gull
\nHartlaub’s Gull
\nNamaqua Sandgrouse
\nSpeckled Pigeon
\nCape Turtle Dove
\nGrey Go-away Bird
\nAfrican Palm Swift
\nAfrican Grey Hornbill
\nSouthern Yellow-Billed Hornbill (Flying Banana)
\nDamara Red-billed Hornbill
\nRock Martin
\nFork-tailed Drongo
\nAfrican Golden Oriole (female or juvenile)
\nPied Crow
\nBlack-faced Babbler
\nGroundscraper Thrush
\nCapped Wheatear
\nWillow Warbler
\nCape Wagtail
\nSouthern White-crowned Shrike
\nCrimson-breasted Shrike
\nCape Glossy Starling
\nPale-winged Starling
\nMarico Sunbird (female)
\nGreat Sparrow
\nSouthern Grey-headed Sparrow
\nWhite-Browed Sparrow Weaver
\nSociable Weaver
\nRed-billed Buffalo Weaver
\nLesser Masked Weaver
\nRed-headed Weaver
\nViolet-eared Waxbill<\/p>\n

Quite a few which were just too quick for us, and an honorary mention for the Lilac Breasted Roller captured on film by one of our companions.<\/p>\n

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Walvis Bay, August 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Home from Namibia, an unforgettable trip,\u00a0 now faced with the near-impossible task of selecting some photos from the 5000+ taken.\u00a0 Digital cameras, eh? In good time.\u00a0 In the interim, here is our list of new-to-us birds. Huge thanks to the Birds of Namibia book, by Ian Sinclair and Joris Kamen, published by Struik Nature, 2017. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kirsty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}