21 July 2024 - Aloe Farm
My wife and I combined an early morning visit to the Aloe Farm along with a late breakfast at a quaint wedding venue at the base of the Magaliesberg.
We were at the Aloe Farm by 7am and enjoyed a quiet walk-around this impressive nursery with its equally enchanting gardens. Compared to my first visit and despite the Aloes still being in flower, hardly any Sunbird's were present which really was a surprise. Nevertheless, there were more than enough other species for an enjoyable 2-hours.
A Red-billed Firefinch after flying up from the ground where it was feeding
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| Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) |
Male Cape Sparrow's are pretty handsome, if you take the time to look a little more closely
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| Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) |
There is a Cape Weaver colony at the farm, so they were certainly the most abundant species this morning
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| Male Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis) |
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| Female Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis) |
I found a Black-headed Oriole in the gardens
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| Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus) |
along with Southern Boubou
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| Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus) |
and the always cool, White-throated Robin-Chat
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| White-throated Robin-Chat (Dessonornis humeralis) |
It was then time to go and enjoy a well deserved breakfast, after a crisp winter's morning at the Farm. Will try and come back again in the summer to see if the White-fronted Bee-eaters are nesting.
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