Nature demands of us to keep a sharp eye out on her offerings.
The first 3 photos were taken at a fairly long distance, and then after that the fun started.
As you go through the post, you will see what I mean and the last photo really upset me a little bit, but I will explain it to you. As usual, we were out in nature, and like I said in the title, if you don't keep a close eye on nature, then you will miss so many lovely appearances. I have created the habit of looking at everything and waiting for something to happen. Many times, I am not disappointed, but one needs to know where the birds could sit, or some animals would suddenly show up.
I told you the fun would start, and here was another metal kind of bird towing its nest around :))
In fact, we are approaching our elections at the end of May, and I normally see light planes towing the banners, but this is the first time that I see a helicopter towing a banner. I can only wonder at the cost of this trip.
Look carefully at the picture below, and tell me if you can see the bird?
Yes, there he was. A little sunbird.
By his song, I knew that it was a little Southern Double-collared sunbird.
This metal bird below, has a sunbird logo on its tail.
And the last three pictures will show you a Jackal Buzzard and his wife up, very high, in the sky.
Now here below was my greatest disappointment. I know that they mate in the air, and I tried my best on the zoom to get them mating but their movements and the distance resulted in only a blurry photo of the action. Drat, drat, and drat!
And such is life. At times, the weather forces the birds to fly high up and it is very difficult to get clear shots. But, as always, I try and I try. We were also not in a position to catch any of the birds in this post near to us, as I took all of the photos at a distance. That starling in the first photo took off and my picture of its flight came out too blurred to post. I know that the buzzards, and some other predator birds, mate in flight and even though I could not get it clear this time, I know that there will always be a next time.
So be it.
I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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