Watch the Birdy!
13 May 2020
‘Pigeon Pals’ Rock Pigeon ( red mask) and Laughing Dove. 13/5/20 Juvenile Male Amethyst Sunbird 12/5/20 Female Weaver in Fir Tree. Green Woodhoopoe. Adult Female Amethyst Sunbird. 13/5/20 Ark.
Category: Birds. Photography
International Rescue! A bird in the hand …
20 Jan 2020
Walking the dogs yesterday afternoon we came across a Spotted thick-knee, also know locally as a Dikkop, marching up and down on a piece of open land close to the road looking quite agitated. A few metres further along it became apparent why. Lying on a patch of scrub was it’s fledgling. At first we … More International Rescue! A bird in the hand …
Summer is here?
26 Sep 2019
If one swallow does not a summer make … How about two? With apologies to Aristotle. Barn Swallows photographed this afternoon. Ark.
Watch the Birdy
18 Sep 2019
African Hoopoe Alerted by the distinctive ‘whoop whoop’ call I grabbed the camera from my desk and walked smartly to the Wattle tree in the back garden where this gorgeous visitor had popped by for a few moments. Ark
Watch the Birdy
15 Sep 2019
Common Bulbul. Sunday 15 Sep. Ark.
Watch the Birdy
12 Sep 2019
White Bellied Sunbird Female Amethyst Sunbird. Male Masked Cape Weaver Cape Sparrow and Laughing Dove. Crested Barbet 10/9/19 Ark
Feathers on Friday
9 Aug 2019
The sunbirds have been scarce this year, or I have not been as vigilant. Here’s a shot from a while back. White Breasted Sunbird in the Coral Tree. Ark.
Laughing Dove.
25 Jul 2019
Laughing Dove 25/7/19 Bird of the Day
B.O.T.D. Cape Wagtail
12 Jul 2019
Cape Wagtail. Once a regular but now an infrequent visitor. In fact, I have only photographed it twice before, so while not a spectacular bird a real treat to see it all the same. Ark. Check out Bird of the Day over at Granny Shot It
B.O.T.D. Pied Crow
11 Jul 2019
Pied Crow Ark Bird of the Day
Watch the Birdy
16 Jun 2019
For some reason the sunbirds have been rather scarce this season. In fact, I have yet to see, let alone photograph a male of either the Amethyst, the White Bellied or the Collared. Female Amethyst Sunbird. Ark.
Watch the Birdy
11 May 2019
Amethyst Sunbird – female Hadeda Ibis Pied Crow May ’19 Ark
