Africa Wild

Some new faces around our garden..

Dark capped bulbul


Cape robin chat


Karoo Thrush


Paradise Flycatcher


Red-headed finch with female


Mousebird


Common Fiscal


Southern Red Bishop


and what I know as a Rameron Pigeon - now Afr Olive Pigeon


and of course - crested barbet

I need 5/6 years to see a Paradise.....

superb

Wow Amoli - fantastic photos. I have yet to see a red-headed finch. Please send the pair a little bit further north.

Not bad to have those birdies in the garden

for Red-headed Finch... go to Kgalagadi

Would love to see a flycatcher in my garden!!

Time to show some garden birds that have entertained me…

Except for the ever present Crested Barbet


A Black-collared Barbet came to visit a few times




The Cape Robin-chat is around daily and finds all kinds of ways to pose for me – just love it !





The mouse birds just love the berry tree.

I saw a speckled face – or should I say many of them.
They remind me so much of vervets… or was it mice.
They jump from one branch to another, they cling to a branch with one claw while eating out the other, and then they scamble away in a hurry.



To my amazement I also found the Red Eye in between them, chewing away big time.





My amazement grew even more, when I saw Mouse birds with red legs… whoop, whoop… out with the bird book. The White-backed Mouse bird had also come for a visit..



Just watching these mouse birds brought about much laughter in my home.

This guy was well fed – nowhere to hide that tummy.. -O -O



The Myna’s were up to their old tricks and chasing away the doves… ooi..



For a very brief moment I saw this Sunbird – I think it is a female Scarlet-chested. - It has been confirmed to be an immature male Amythest Sunbird.





Grey Go-Away bird also enjoy lunch



The Fiscal Flycatcher also enjoys my garden, although I do not know what attracts him



Back to the Mousebirds. This one was saying : Bath time for me….



Dat die stof so staan – (with lot’s of dust)



There is daily the Karoo Thrush, the Dark-capped bulbul, Cape Sparrow, Hoepoo and Red-head Finch’s.

I have reached the stage where the sparrow has become one of the prettiest birds to photograph…

I need a park… desparately.

WOW, Amoli! I want a garden like that.

me too, me too

what a nice serie of birds

Great birds and lovely pics, Amoli