Monday, December 26, 2011

Thonga: Birding with Maxwell




We mentioned in a previous post how much fun we had birding with Maxwell, but it's worth repeating. It's always nice to bird with someone who enjoys it in the same fashion. We don't just tick a bird off a list once we've seen it. Instead, we stop and enjoy it and admire it and sometimes laugh at it (which gives Mike lots of time to get abundant photos.) If a good one gets away, we try not to take it too seriously and look forward instead to what awaits us in the next field or tree. Max was just our kind of birder, he always seemed to have a smile on his face and didn't get too stressed about what we did or didn't see and just enjoyed the sport.

Purple-crested Turaco
Purple-crested Turaco

Livingstone's Turaco
Livingstone's Turaco

Yellow-billed Kite
Yellow-billed Kite

Hadeda Ibis
Hadeda Ibis

Hammerhead
Hammerhead

Common Waxbill
Common Waxbill

African Pippit
African Pippit

Yellow-fronted Canary
Yellow-fronted Canary

Collared Sunbird
Collared Sunbird

Bar-throated Apalis
Bar-throated Apalis

Dark-backed weavers
Dark-backed weavers

Rufous-naped Lark
Rufous-naped Lark

Rattling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola

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