Oh, for the love of birds.

The title actually should be, "Oh for the sake of birds", and I think that it means that we should take care of nature.

Come and spend a late afternoon with me here at home in the front garden.

I am so happy with this zoom on my camera, as it allows me so much freedom to get most anything that I want. The first two pictures were taken very high up in the sky, and thankfully I think they turned out okay.
It is two Jackal Buzzards that came flying over at a great height, in order to escape the fierce winds down below. We have, again, seen much damages by the winds, but like I said in another post, we are lucky as other areas, inland and on the coast, were much worse off than what we were.
Let's see what I got.

This is a juvenile Cape Robin-chat, looking at my wife and as usual wanting some cheese.

I could not quite discern what kind of raptor bird this was, but I thought that the moon added a nice character to the picture.

I caught a late dove flying over at sunset.

The doves normally sit on this roof top, and I think that that dove that flew past at speed was trying to scare the Hadeda Ibis off his spot.

But, the dove lost out as the Hadeda Ibis was not in a hurry.

Eventually, about 20 minutes later, he left. I was hoping that he would rise up so that I could get him with open wings, but instead he decided to take a dive.

The birds are not called Swifts for nothing, as they are very fast. But my zoom is just as fast.

Finally, another look at the swifts, and it is not often that we see them in a group like this.

That is it, as far as "Oh, for the love of birds" is concerned. As we do our little bit to try and preserve nature. The borer beetle plague here, doesn't make things much easier here, and the weather is also angry. So, many bird habitats are being wiped out. But we are a nation that does not give up easily, and many small trees are being planted all over the place, especially down at the riverside. The old Oak trees are suffering the most damages by the beetles, but luckily the beetles do not attack our indigenous trees. And that is what they are planting now, the local trees. Not and big and fancy as the Oak trees, but to us a tree is a tree, and if the birds like it then we are very happy.
Such is life.

I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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