When the weather is dry and I spray the lemon trees while watering the garden, the sunbirds like nothing more than to flit in and out the branches cleaning the dust from their feathers and taking a drink at the same time. Male White Bellied Sunbird. 18/7/2020 Ark
White bellied sunbird having a wash this afternoon among one the recently watered lemon trees. 15/8/19 Ark
12/08/19 Ark
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.
White Bellied Sunbird pops over to the Strelitzias for a drink. 6th August ’19 Ark
Brown-and-yellow fruit chafer (Pachnoda sinuata ) head first in a Peach. Potatoes: If Matt Damon can grow them on Mars, the Ark can have a go in Johannesburg. White Bellied Sunbird in the upper branches of the Acacia tree in the back garden. ”Hiding in the long grass …” Ginger. Summer Downpour. Thyreus on Lavender … More Leading you up the garden path. 10 minutes – 10 shots
White Bellied Sunbird. Ark
When I first started doing a little research on the White Bellied Sunbird a couple of years back I read that one of the places they like to build their nest is in among cacti. ”I’d like to see one build its nest among the devil thorns of the cacti growing at our spot,” thought … More Watch the Birdy. Home building.
Female White Bellied Sunbird Both male and female were busy this morning gathering what looked like nest material, flitting to and from the neighbour’s garden to ours. Here the Missus takes a few seconds breather on one of the bean poles on the far side of the pond. Ark.
White-Bellied Sunbird on cactus. A fortunate encounter. I heard him singing then all of a sudden he was almost directly in front of me. One shot and he was gone. Ark
Male White Bellied Sunbird Preening in the Coral Tree, showing the rarely revealed under wing yellow feathers Photographed: 15: 44 Back Garden Aujourd’hui. Ark
White Bellied Sunbird. Ark
