I will first show you some other birds before the Robby story.
Robby and his new chick were playing hide and go seek. Here above he said; Hey Zac, have you seen her?
So of course, I could also hear her calls in the granadilla fence, but I am not a snitch, so I made like I know nothing. Most of my life I have known nothing Lol. Don't stick your nose into other birds' business is my motto, as they might call their bigger friends to come and poop on your car. And also on your head mind you :)
Just a bit of humor above, as we are still in happy spirits after the first recent rain of our new year. We are now officially in autumn season, and only the local birds will remain, as the seasonal visitors will migrate back to the countries of their origin. They come down here to breed during summer, and as winter approaches, they skedaddle with their youngsters back to the summer seasons in their own countries.
Many species also trek to the northern parts of Africa, such as the flamingos, but fortunately we are not left bereft of bird populations here during winter, as there are many species that are indigent in South Africa.
So, let's see what I have to share today.
Here below we have a Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis) sitting on high palm tree leaves.
And I got the weaver taking off. I love to wait in order to get birds taking off on camera.
Oops, look what popped up on our palisade fence. It was a little Cape White-eye (Zosterops virens).
Sadly, the camera focus stayed on the fence, as I didn't expect that it would fly straight in my direction.
Okay, let's continue now with the Robby story.
Robin chats can mate anytime of the year, and this pair was obviously in the mating game. Did you know that Robins can also mimic the calls of other birds?
Again, he looked pleadingly at me, but I just put a vacant mask on my dial.
Ah, something was happening and we both heard it.
Just look at this lovely girl, as suddenly she appeared.
And just as suddenly she disappeared with Robby in hot pursuit.
Today I received the best gift of my life. One of the senior managers on a farm became a good friend of ours, and he is going to arrange a trip for us to go and stay in a small house at a dam high up in the mountains. He knows where a pair of African Fish Eagles nest, and it will be a dream to get them on camera. If you don't know about the African Fish Eagles, or have never heard their world-famous call, then take a look HERE
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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