https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/birds/ Recent content in Birds on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:51:35 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-09-28-the-karoo-national-park-is/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:51:35 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-09-28-the-karoo-national-park-is/ <p>The Karoo National Park is a surprisingly good place to photograph Southern Masked Weavers.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-09-21-blue-eared-starling-cooling-off-in/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 06:30:37 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-09-21-blue-eared-starling-cooling-off-in/ <p>Blue-Eared Starling cooling off in Lower-Sabie.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-08-12-a-new-bird-count-begins/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:54:11 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-08-12-a-new-bird-count-begins/ <p>A new bird count begins. As always it’s early days and we don’t see all that much. But a pair of these Levaillant’s Cisticolas did appear in front of the holes meant to entice broody kingfishers we were watching. I don’t know if I’ve photographed one before. Quite a crop though. I need to bring the teleconverter with me.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-08-03-a-little-grebe-gliding-across/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 21:45:29 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-08-03-a-little-grebe-gliding-across/ <p>A Little Grebe gliding across the still water at Rondevlei yesterday with my old man. Not much success with photography but an absolutely perfect winter’s day in Cape Town. Warm and sunny.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-09-08-bird-dump-little-bee-eater-african/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:15:46 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-09-08-bird-dump-little-bee-eater-african/ <div class="swiper carousel-container"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17933523253646577.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17916231559856127.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17911969060923840.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18199951414111444.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18173858704149217.jpg" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-button-next"></div> <div class="swiper-button-prev"></div> <div class="swiper-pagination"></div> </div> <p>Bird dump: Little Bee-Eater, African Darter, Greenback Heron, White Helmetshrike, Blue Waxbill.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-03-26-we-popped-into-the-world/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:02:22 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-03-26-we-popped-into-the-world/ <p>We popped into The World of Birds the other day. I was remembering that I first went there in 1983 and have found it fascinating ever since. Apart from the rehabilitation they do (there are a huge whack of pied crows and spotted eagle owls no doubt mostly brought in injured) you get a chance to see birds up close in real life that you&rsquo;d seldom or never get to see - like this handsome Amazonian Blue and Yellow Macaw.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-12-25-xmas-looking-out-over-the/ Tue, 25 Dec 2018 12:04:01 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-12-25-xmas-looking-out-over-the/ <p>Xmas looking out over the Melville koppie. Loads of fancy bushveld birds abound.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-08-18-to-me-the-red-winged/ Sat, 18 Aug 2018 14:49:59 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-08-18-to-me-the-red-winged/ <p>To me the Red Winged Starlings eating Syringa berries in the tree outside the Cape Mental Health Society as I cross the railway bridge in Obs have the feeling of a child&rsquo;s story book illustration. Especially when there&rsquo;s a whole bunch of these super-smart black starlings among the yellow berries. Just a really pretty winter scene on the way to breakfast <a href="https://instagram.com/hello_sailor_bistro">@hello_sailor_bistro</a> on Lwr Main. Oh. This is a girl Starling btw. You can tell by the grey head. The boy’s is shiny black.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2017-09-11-great-white-pelicans-on-our/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:29:28 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2017-09-11-great-white-pelicans-on-our/ <video controls preload="metadata" poster="17897608303020009_thumb.jpg" style="width:100%;height:auto;"> <source src="17897608303020009.mp4" type="video/mp4"> </video> <p>Great white #pelicans on our #walk the way to #lunch. Like #galleons under #sail. We also saw a #malachite #kingfisher - our little #jewel with #wings.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2017-04-12-the-gremmies-in-their-nest/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 21:49:16 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2017-04-12-the-gremmies-in-their-nest/ <p>The #gremmies in their #nest. Like two little #birds. Thank goodness I have #Crumb and #Trinket.</p>