28 February 2025 - Kyalami Estates
It was a reasonable month with 56 species recorded but down from the highest count for Feb with 61 species in 2021.
Not images from my garden, but I did track a pair of breeding Spotted Thick-knee's who had nested in a neighbours garden verge. Unfortunately there was just too much traffic, so the nest and eggs were abandoned
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| Spotted Thick-knee egg (Burhinus capensis) |
At the main park, I recorded Cape Wagtail
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| Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis) |
Along with the resident Dark-capped Bulbul's
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| Dark-capped Bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor) |
Reed Cormorant's were found fishing in the middle dam
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| Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) |
As well as in my mates Richard garden adjacent to our Estate
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| Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) |
The Red Bishops were still in breeding mode
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| Male Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) |
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| Female Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) |
As were the Masked Weavers
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| Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus) |
Down at St Ledger, I came across a flock of comical Green Wood-hoopoes
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| Green Wood-hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) |
As well as recently fledged Thick-billed Weaver's in their reed habitat and out of the nest together with an adult
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| Thick-billed Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons) |
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| Juvenile Thick-billed Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons) |
Also in my mate Richards garden, a juvenile Malachite Kingfisher which could be one of the off spring from our resident pair
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| Juvenile Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristata) |
I also managed a Babault's Blue Blue
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| Babault's Zebra Blue (Leptotes jeanneli) |
Along with a low key floral image
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