White bellied sunbird having a wash this afternoon among one the recently watered lemon trees.
15/8/19
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Tag: Birds
Peekaboo
12/08/19
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Feathers on Friday
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.
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A Splash of Colour
White Bellied Sunbird pops over to the Strelitzias for a drink.
6th August ’19
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Odds n’ Ends
Home Grown – sweet pepper.
Thyreus bee stops for a drink from the lavender
Wind Chimes.
Honey Bee on Strelizia
Jasmine softens the cacti.
Bloom of the Coral Tree.
An unusual feature of this plant is that it produces flowers before the leaves.
Hot bread and butter?
Fresh from the oven this afternoon.
Zwartkops in bloom.
Southern Masked Weaver – male.
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Rameron Pigeon
Laughing Dove.
Bronze Mannikin.
Watch the Birdy.
B.O.T.D. 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.
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Check out Bird of the Day over at Granny Shot It
B.O.T.D – Amethyst Sunbird
Watch the Birdy.
Common Bulbul
Speckled Mousebird
9/7/19
Check out Granny Shot It. Some super bird photographs.
Bird of the Day Photo Challenge.
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July Blues. When is a blue a green?
The green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) is a large, up to 44 cm (17 in) long, near-passerine tropical bird native to Africa. It is a member of the family Phoeniculidae, the wood hoopoes, and was formerly known as the red-billed wood hoopoe.
Photographed Back Garden: 6/7/19
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Thanks to Becky over at Life of B.
July Blues
Watch the Birdy
Fiscal Flycatcher.
Speckled Mousebird feeds on the fruit of a bugweed (Solanum mauritianum)
3/6/19
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