Mother nature smiles at me lately...

...not because I am good, as she only knows that I love her.

The little one was happy that the bush berries were ripe enough to eat.

It is a Cape White Eye (Zosterops virens), real cute little birds.

I will let Wikipedia introduce the birds to you. See below, and you can read more at the Source.

The Cape white-eye (Zosterops virens) is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is native to southern Africa. It is commonly found in suburbia, parks and gardens, besides a variety of mesic to well-watered habitats. This is a sociable species forming large flocks outside the breeding season. It builds a cup nest in a tree and lays 2-3 unspotted pale blue eggs. The eggs hatch in 11–12 days, and fledging occurs in another 12–13 days. The peak breeding season is September to December.
The Cape white-eye feeds mainly on insects, but also soft fleshy flowers, nectar, fruit and small grains. It readily comes to bird feeders.

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If you looked carefully at the picture above, you would have seen the back of the white eye partner, and here she was at the left.

A double moon here below :)

Right, now let's see another one in a different setting.

He sat on a river rock in our front garden eyeing something below.

Avocado! Oh yes, they love avo and the birdie started to eat.

It must have heard a familiar noise, as it grabbed a mouthful of avo, and it flew up into the granadilla fence.

Yes, the familiar noise was an approaching squirrel, as they also love to eat avocado.

Tough to be a small birdie around here, as they always have to be in a defensive mood. Fortunately, the smaller they are, the faster they can fly, and I have never seen anything that could catch a little white eye. Of course there are many predators around, such as house cats, snakes, and others, but like I said, they cannot catch these little ones.

Nature has a way how to protect her own, and I read that out of the breeding season, these little birds can form a cloud size flock in flight, as they are very community focussed. But during the breeding season, they all split apart with their selected partners. Imagine a life like that, you can eat and play for free, and when it's time for babies, you only have to feed them for 12 days and then let them go.
Not possible I know, but just a bit of imagination:))
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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