VULTURE IN NEST, IMBABALA PRIVATE CONCESSION, ZIMBABWE

YOUNG LEOPARD TORTOISE, IMBABALA PRIVATE CONCESSION, ZIMBABWE

FEMALE BEARDED WOODPECKER EATING, IMBABALA PRIVATE CONCESSION, ZIMBABWE

NONBREEDING MALE RED-BILLED QUELEA, IMBABALA PRIVATE CONCESSION, ZIMBABWE

WHITE-BROWED SPARROW-WEAVER, IMBABALA PRIVATE CONCESSION, ZIMBABWE

   We can ID this bird as a White-browed Sparrow-Weaver by  its brown face, black forehead extending down neck, white underparts with speckled breasts and short tail.

   The White-browed Sparrow-Weaver is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 406.

FEMALE CARDINAL WOODPECKER, IMBABALA PRIVATE CONCESSION, ZIMBABWE

   Even though we can't see the front of this woodpecker we can ID it as a female Bearded Woodpecker by its black crown which extends down to the nape and its barred  black and pale back.  The female has no red on its head, which most other female woodpeckers in Southern Africa have.

   The Bearded Woodpecker is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 405.

RED-BILLED OXPECKER ON GREATER KUDU, IMBABALA PRIVATE CONCESSION, ZIMBABWE

    We can ID the birds on the Greater Kudu as Red-billed Oxpeckers by their location on the animal, all red bill, yellow eye-ring and yellowish underparts.  The oxpecker feeds on ticks and other insects in an animals fur.  It also sucks blood from the animal.
   The Red-billed Oxpecker is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 404.