The Cape White-eyes saw us coming and they knew that Marian had cheese.
But not to be, as a pair of strangers popped in to steal their meal.
These little Cape White-eyes (Zosterops virens) have become used to us, as when we arrived there was nothing in the trees above us. But after a while 3 of them popped up out of nowhere.
Not to be today as two Cape Robin-chats (Cossypha caffra) arrived to grab all of their cheese.
A little Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cynnyris chalybeus) came to sit in a tree to pose for a photo.
When he was happy that I took a shot of him, he took off.
This is a male Brimstone Canary (Crithagra sulphurata) and he had a lovely song.
Another side view of the brimstone.
Must have been a dad out with his son / daughter, as here was the brimstone youngster.
Lovely to get out into nature and to see all these little ones and we really enjoy these brief walks. Every now and then a suprise action like the Robins or a new appearance like the Brimstone pops up and it makes things so worthwhile to get out there.
Life has many quirks, but so does nature and I find the nature ones more pleasant.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.
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Amazing the beautiful birds we have here on our doorsteps! I have a small damn here close by and the singing of the birds in those trees are so beautiful.
Oh yeah, we have many endemic bird species in the Western Cape that are found nowhere else in the world. The Western Cape has most of them.
Then if you add the overseas birds that migrate here during the cold seasons we can say that the whole of the Western Cape Province is a natural bird aviary.
It makes it even sadder then when you see where previously bird inhabited areas tall buildings stand now. Here in the Cape it's especially bad with all these new developments. When I arrived in the Cape in 2007, there were so many open fields.
Oh yes and things are changing all over.
I arrived down here here first in 1972 to 1973 during army duty in a town valled Oudtshoorn and it was a totally different world.
Then in the 80's somewhere I went to a company in Strand to buy some stainless steel homogenizers and tanks for a fertilizing company that we were building in Port Louis, Mauritius and Strand was also a different world than nowadays.
A pity that I was not a photographer at that time, as now everything is cluttered with developments and it is sure to continue.
Yes, those old photographs would have been awesome! I was a member at strand golf club for many years, and according to everyone (including my dad), the old strand golf club was so much better. It apparently ran all the way to where Greenways Golf Estate is now. You might have seen the golf course then?
They have the old photos in the library here and even older photos from the early years where the town still had dirt roads.
Yep, I have seen the golf club now, but not in the earlier years, as I was working and could not explore the town.
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That makes sense yes. And even the Somerset West course has changed in the last 5 years. Luckily I have played the old course many times.
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