If you love something it will be sure to show up sometime, and in this case, it did.
The Cape Robin Chat was singing more than normal, as if it had something to boast about.
Some great events took place on this day, and spring season is always full of surprises. Thankfully, not bad surprises so much as occasionally one or two bad surprises can occur, such as a predator catching one of the little birds, or even worse, one of the babies. But not on this occasion, and I can happily tell you that we were blessed by the sights.
Come and see.
He did indeed have something to boast about, and I wonder if you can think what it was.
A Robin-chat appeared in our front garden, and I wanted to snap what it was trying to eat.
I was totally gobsmacked, as look what suddenly appeared. A screaming spring baby, right here outside our study window.
But the mother flew away, as they want the baby to start feeding itself.
Remember the Cape sparrow nesting post? Now I will show you their spring baby.
The dad was telling the baby that they were going to teach it how to fly.
But the little one was obnoxious, and she rather wanted food from the dad.
Then the mom below the baby pitched up to tell the baby that they wanted it to fly to a nearby tree. The dad was looking on from above. But that baby didn't look interested at all.
The parents both looked toward the tree, but the baby sitting between them looked disinterested, and it looked upwards instead of sideways at the tree.
So both parents took off hoping that the baby will follow them. But the baby wanted nothing to do with flying.
How clever was that sparrow baby, as I think that she will rather spend the night in the warm comfort of the nest, and maybe tomorrow she will fly.
I think that the birds should think about some flying schools for their youngsters. I mean that we have driving schools for learner drivers:) Only joking, as the baby birds know, instinctively, how to fly. No licence needed. I am trying to keep this post lighthearted, as that is how we felt when we saw all of this. Life is very serious lately, a bit more than normal with everything that is going on in the world. But laughter is always good medicine.
Such is life.
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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