Bird hygiene.

First Robbie with a bath, and then sparrow youngsters, with a dove at sunset.

So, Robbie, the Cape Robin chat (Cossypha caffra) will show you the hygiene part, as he was taking a bath.

We have so many bird species here that it will make one's head spin. Photographers from all over the world visit our country to take shots of the wildlife, even from so far as Switzerland as I had a chat with a guy that asked a lot of wildlife questions. His main question was to find out where he could get a spot with many birds to take shots of. I told him that he was standing in the right spot, and I even pointed out some of the birds to him.

They say that we live in a photographer's paradise and the Cape is very popular for its views, be it wildlife, landscapes, mountains, oceans, and of course the main city itself. We don't live in the city as we have grown allergic to crowds and heavy traffic, and so the semi-rural and rural towns are our playgrounds. All of the bird photos in my blog were taken in our area, and I am not even halfway through to get all of the bird species on camera.
So, come and look at this at our home.

Oh yes, he knows that I was watching him.

Right, he was done and flew to the other side of the garden.

Hey! Robbie said; Are you going to watch me for the whole day? Rather go into your house and eat a worm while I will look for my own.
A real cheeky guy Robbie is, and he thinks that humans also eat worms like robins do :)

3 young Cape Sparrows (Passer domesticus) landed on our front palisade fence.

The mating season was done and now we have big flocks of the youngsters landing on the roadside walks to eat the grass seeds.

Cute little critters that were searching for something to eat.

Or maybe they were only enjoying the morning sunshine, as the top one left.

An amazing sunset color enveloped the Cape Ring-necked dove (Streptopelia capicola).

The dove was sitting on a neighbor's roof.

When I saw the pictures of the dove on my camera, I thought something was wrong with the camera, so I took another two shots and the camera continued to show the same colors. It must have something to do with the sunset, as all of the other photos that I took afterwards were normal. I have to say that I like the colors behind the dove, especially the second shot where the wind lifted the feathers on its chest.
Such is life.

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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