Today is a travel day to the south, through the country that used to be called Swaziland. We follow the highway through the country, with only stops at the borders and at a roadside restaurant for lunch. Today's photos are from their garden. Eventually we arrive in a nature park in South Africa again, Pongola Game Reserve.
Green-winged pytilia
Pytilia melba
OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1600, distance 9.58 m
The photo shows a Green-winged pytilia (Pytilia melba). It is a bird in the order 040 passeriformes and the family 115 estrildidae. The photo was taken at Restaurant on MR8 (Ndzevane, Lubombo Region, Eswatini) at 11:50 on Friday July 12, 2024.
Village weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 2000, distance 11.1 m
The photo shows a Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus). It is a bird in the order 040 passeriformes and the family 114 ploceidae. The photo was taken at Restaurant on MR8 (Ndzevane, Lubombo Region, Eswatini) at 12:21 on Friday July 12, 2024.
Red-billed oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 37.0 m
The photo shows a Red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus). It is a bird in the order 040 passeriformes and the family 106 buphagidae. The photo was taken at Africamps in Pongola Game Reserve at 14:23 on Friday July 12, 2024.