But first I want to show you two macro's of another beauty.
The metallic bronze colors of this tiny "Geranium Bronze" butterfly were too beautiful not to show you.
Yes, we are into birds at #featheredfriends, but my eyes are also not closed to other beauties.
So I will call the first two photos an interlude and then continue with some birds that you might like.
Let's have a look.
The Geranium Bronze specie name is (Cacyreus marshalli) and this particular specie is known as "Dickson's Geranium Bronze (C.dicksoni)
Right, now for the birds and this was a Hadeda Ibis landing at a water feature.
Here was the landing of the mate. Hadeda Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash"
This female Cape Weaver was inspecting her lucky find.
Oh yes, it tasted very good. Funny that they name this bird's song as a "hysterical call". Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis)
One of my new favorites, the "White backed Mousebird" (Colius colius) having a go at a flower of a Bottle brush tree.
Finally see if you can identify the 4 species of birds in this photo below. This photo was taken in our garden.
Let me help you. At the back is a "Speckled Pigeon" (Columba guinea), then below him is a "Laughing dove" (Spilopelia senegalensis). In the middle is a little "Cape Sparrow" (Passer melanurus) and at the right are 5 "Cape turtle, ring-necked" doves.
And so I hope that you have enjoyed this post as I put some work into it to identify all of the bird species for you.
On occasions many other species also fly into the garden to grab a piece of the special bread that we feed them, but they are grabbers and flyers (hit and run artists), as they don't stay.
And That's All Friends!
Note:
The "Geranium Bronze" specie information was gained from our book called "Gardening for Butterflies"
ISBN 978-1-77584-124-1
All bird species information gathered from our bird book.
"Sasol Birds of Southern Africa. ISBN 978-1-77584-668-0
Photos taken by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.
