Small birds can also put up a great show.

I loved how the sun reflected on the wet beak of a White Eye drinking water.

I have three bird species in this post, and you can tell me which is the specie that you like the best. It is a bit unfair, as I could only get one shot of the white eye, and more shots of the other two species. Not to mind, as at times life can also seem to be unfair. We live in difficult times, and a certain person has just made it 30 times more difficult with 30% tariffs that were placed on our country.

But I don't want to go into politics or anything such like, as this post is about Mother nature and the beauty of her wildlife, or should I say, her birdlife. Yes, they are small, but they are all survivors, and they look beautiful. It's a tough game for them, as they, at all times, have to take care due to many predators. And yet, their bird populations continue to grow. A lesson to us as humans on survival.

Now this one my regular readers will know. And for those that don't, it is a Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus).

I think he was busy picking bugs off a dandelion flower.

Ah! There he looked at me, and then he was gone. They are very fast, these little ones.

Below, I will show you a Brimstone Canary (Crithagra sulphurata).

He had a look at me and decided that I was not a danger.

And then, he let rip with a lovely song.

Look how haughty he looked when I clapped for an encore:)

We are so thankful for the few warm days that we received between the arrival of two cold fronts. And I think the birds were just as grateful. A funny thing that happens here at home, is that when it is good weather then the birds only occasionally pop into the front garden to fritter around for food. But on the wet days, they crowd the front garden as they know that a madam that lives here will pop out with food for them.

We now have a little laughing dove that rocks up here at 8 am in the morning and 5 pm in the afternoon, and we feed it with crushed raw peanuts. It has become a habit, but we will not try to tame it. We also have to watch out for the bigger ringneck doves as they try to get to the food that we feed the little dove with. Can you believe that even though the ringnecks are much bigger than the little laughing dove, it chases after the ringnecks to get them away from him and his food.
Such is birdlife.

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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