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Trawling through my Stash files I've come across a few bird shots from my July trip to KwaZulu Natal that I didn't find a place for in my Features. So, here they are, in no particular order.

Alopochin aegyptiaca

Montusi

Some Birds of South Africa Part 1I recently had a vacation in KwaZulu Natal, one of the main provinces of the Republic of South Africa. The bird life in this region is an ornithologist's paradise and I was fortunate enough to be able to snap nearly 50 different species over my sojourn. The shots seen in this and subsequent parts of the journal are from three main areas: around Montusi Mountain Lodge in the northern Drakensbergs http://www.montusi.co.za/ ; around Moorcroft Manor at Himeville in the southern Drakensbergs https://www.moorcroft.co.za/; and around Rhino Ridge Lodge https://www.rhinoridge.co.za/ in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Game Reserve in central KwaZulu Natal https://hluhluwegamereserve.com/.
Almost all the photographs were taken using my Canon 5D Mark III camera fitted with a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II USM zoom lens augmented by a Canon Extender 1.4x III, giving a maximum focal length of 560mm. This focal length is getting towards the maximum that can be used as a hand- Some Birds of South Africa Part 2In Part 1 of this Journal, Some Birds of South Africa Part 1, I covered several of the bigger species of bird that I encountered on my recent vacation in KwaZulu Natal, one of the main provinces of the Republic of South Africa. The bird life in this region is amazing and I was fortunate enough to be able to capture about 50 different species while I was there. The shots seen in these journals are from three main areas: around Montusi Mountain Lodge in the northern Drakensbergs www.montusi.co.za/ ; around Moorcroft Manor at Himeville in the southern Drakensbergs www.moorcroft.co.za/; and around Rhino Ridge Lodge www.rhinoridge.co.za/ Some Birds of South Africa Part 3On my recent vacation in KwaZulu Natal, one of the main provinces of the Republic of South Africa, I encountered some 50 different species of wild birds while travelling around three main areas: Montusi Mountain Lodge in the northern Drakensbergs www.montusi.co.za/ ; Moorcroft Manor at Himeville in the southern Drakensbergs www.moorcroft.co.za/; and around Rhino Ridge Lodge www.rhinoridge.co.za/ in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Game Reserve in central KwaZulu Natal hluhluwegamereserve.com/.
In the first two parts of this Journal , Some Birds of South Africa Part 4On my recent vacation in KwaZulu Natal, one of the main provinces of the Republic of South Africa, I encountered some 50 different species of wild birds while travelling around three main areas: Montusi Mountain Lodge in the northern Drakensbergs www.montusi.co.za/ ; Moorcroft Manor at Himeville in the southern Drakensbergs www.moorcroft.co.za/; and around Rhino Ridge Lodge www.rhinoridge.co.za/ in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Game Reserve in central KwaZulu Natal hluhluwegamereserve.com/.
In the first three parts of this Journal,

Description
Trawling through my Stash files I've come across a few bird shots from my July trip to KwaZulu Natal that I didn't find a place for in my Features. So, here they are, in no particular order.

Alopochin aegyptiaca

Montusi

Some Birds of South Africa Part 1I recently had a vacation in KwaZulu Natal, one of the main provinces of the Republic of South Africa. The bird life in this region is an ornithologist's paradise and I was fortunate enough to be able to snap nearly 50 different species over my sojourn. The shots seen in this and subsequent parts of the journal are from three main areas: around Montusi Mountain Lodge in the northern Drakensbergs http://www.montusi.co.za/ ; around Moorcroft Manor at Himeville in the southern Drakensbergs https://www.moorcroft.co.za/; and around Rhino Ridge Lodge https://www.rhinoridge.co.za/ in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Game Reserve in central KwaZulu Natal https://hluhluwegamereserve.com/.
Almost all the photographs were taken using my Canon 5D Mark III camera fitted with a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II USM zoom lens augmented by a Canon Extender 1.4x III, giving a maximum focal length of 560mm. This focal length is getting towards the maximum that can be used as a hand- Some Birds of South Africa Part 2In Part 1 of this Journal, Some Birds of South Africa Part 1, I covered several of the bigger species of bird that I encountered on my recent vacation in KwaZulu Natal, one of the main provinces of the Republic of South Africa. The bird life in this region is amazing and I was fortunate enough to be able to capture about 50 different species while I was there. The shots seen in these journals are from three main areas: around Montusi Mountain Lodge in the northern Drakensbergs www.montusi.co.za/ ; around Moorcroft Manor at Himeville in the southern Drakensbergs www.moorcroft.co.za/; and around Rhino Ridge Lodge www.rhinoridge.co.za/ Some Birds of South Africa Part 3On my recent vacation in KwaZulu Natal, one of the main provinces of the Republic of South Africa, I encountered some 50 different species of wild birds while travelling around three main areas: Montusi Mountain Lodge in the northern Drakensbergs www.montusi.co.za/ ; Moorcroft Manor at Himeville in the southern Drakensbergs www.moorcroft.co.za/; and around Rhino Ridge Lodge www.rhinoridge.co.za/ in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Game Reserve in central KwaZulu Natal hluhluwegamereserve.com/.
In the first two parts of this Journal , Some Birds of South Africa Part 4On my recent vacation in KwaZulu Natal, one of the main provinces of the Republic of South Africa, I encountered some 50 different species of wild birds while travelling around three main areas: Montusi Mountain Lodge in the northern Drakensbergs www.montusi.co.za/ ; Moorcroft Manor at Himeville in the southern Drakensbergs www.moorcroft.co.za/; and around Rhino Ridge Lodge www.rhinoridge.co.za/ in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Game Reserve in central KwaZulu Natal hluhluwegamereserve.com/.
In the first three parts of this Journal,