Birds & Bees

An updated view of the nest my latest "target" (= a Masked weaver) has built [SEE: previous 3 blog-entries] - it's almost a week "old" now & starts to look "dry", except for the inside of the nest ...



... which our little chap keeps "refurbishing". Since there aren't any new "developments" to report because no other "action" is taking place, I turned my camera-lens on other objects ...








... like this Speckled Mousebird











... or the Amaryllis growing profusely in our garden ...









... to a female sunbird fluttering ...







... and from the birds to the bees: found this honey-bee collecting nectar from a flower on our lemon tree.





Although the bees don't "sit still" for long to take "clear" photos, I did manage to "capture" another bee.






And from the bees back to the birds (= weavers). This is an impressive Sociable weaver nest. These nests (= birds) are only found in the western & drier parts of our country (= photographed at the Witsand Nature Reserve in the Kalahari).




And this is what a Sociable weaver looks like (sexes are alike) - not nearly as colourful as most of the other members of the weaver-family, yet I find this gregarious bird amazing.