Some delightful birds on show.

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South Africa has 989 bird species and here's a few.
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This is a Widow bird (Euplectes progene) called a "Flap" by the locals.
I dived into my files as we are dodging power cuts and hope that you will enjoy the photos.
Note that I might have posted some of the photos before, but I don't have the luxury of time today.

Here we have a Three banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris)
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This is what the locals call the "Go away bird" due to its call, but it is a Loerie and they have classified it in a weird section of our bird book namely Turacos.

The grey go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor), also known as grey lourie, grey loerie, or kwêvoël, is a bold and common bird of the southern Afrotropics. They are present in arid to moist, open woodlands and thorn savanna, especially near surface water. They regularly form groups and parties that forage in tree tops, or dust bathe on the ground.

Especially when disturbed, they make their presence known by their characteristically loud and nasal "kweh" or "go-way" calls, with the last syllable typically a descending drawl. Within range, their unique combination of appearance and habits precludes confusion with other bird species.
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Then we have a pair of "White-Faced Whistling Ducks"
(Dendrocygna viduata)
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A pair of young "Yellow Crowned Bishops" (Euplectes afer)
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Finally a non breeding young, non breeding male called a "Yellow Bishop" (Euplectes capensis)
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And there you have it, a sample of some of our birds over here. We have to watch and pray that a new urgent power cut notice does not pop up, as then I will have only 5 minutes to shut everything down.
But for now we are on the go and I might even complete all of my replies.
Such is life.

And That's All Friends!

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.

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Delightful birds indeed!
Pretty and lovely!

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Thank you kindly and I apologize for the late reply, as we have enforced power cuts over here.

!PIZZA

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They are really delightful birds, as you say, and I can't remember having seen these photos before, Zac.

I like how the White-Faced Whistling Ducks stand in the water and look to each other 😀

!BEER and !WINE and !PIZZA - perfect 😃
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Thank you Hannes and I don't think that I have posted some of them before, but I stated that just in case.
Honesty is always a good thing 😊

Oh yeah, I also love those white faces.

Cheers and thanks.

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My pleasure, Zac 😀
I don't hate anything more than lying.

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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So many around that does that nowadays Hannes.
For some lying has become a second language and they call lies fibs.
As if that will help to explain their lies.
We deal with it very often 😥

Cheers and thanks.

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I don't know what fips is, but lying is almost always the wrong way. I said almost because sometimes it migh tbe better to don't say the whole truth if there's a good reason.

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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A fib is a lie my friend and people use a variety of slang words to avoid saying that they lied.
Agreed, but only if the lie was not meant to hurt, but rather to help another human being.

So as for example guy thinks that his girlfriend is rotund. She puts on a tight new jeans and asks him how does it look? So he lies and says that it looks fabulous.
So you see? The lie here was meant as a compliment to build the other one up 🤣

Another example: A man arrives home drunk and his wife asks him how many glasses of beer he had.
The man said that he only had 4 glasses and he didn't feel well so he rather came home to the beloved arms of his beautiful wife.
She is happy and he is happy knowing that he had 4 bottles of beer and a half bottle of Schnapps to drink 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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Yep, not to hurt but to help or avoid sadness... just like in your example, but I'm not sure if I wouldn't smile when I say that she looks fabulous when I see that she even couldn't close the zipper fully up 🤣

Haha, that's exactly what I always have said to my wife when I came home late. She didn't believe me, but she didn't say anything and both of us were happy 🤣

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Be careful my brother when you say that she looks fabulous, as she will ne watching your face like a hawk ready for the kill. So think of the most beautiful photo that you ever took when you smile, as then she will think that you genuinely mean it 🤣

Seriously though, all woman wants their husbands to think of them as beautiful and it is always a nice thing to compliment and show appreciation to one's soulmate ♥️

Hahaha, oh yes in those days we had many excuses and I was most times in trouble 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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I can't lie, my friend, even not if this were a nice lie - I would certainly smile because it looks too funny 🤣

Well, you are right, but as said above, I can't lie 🤣🤣🤣 ... my wife is my wife and I love her for sure 😄

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Anything to keep the peace in my book Hannes.
That's why I basically live on jokes, as it get's us both laughing and then it's all cool 🤣

I am sure that she would love to hear this my friend 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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And one more joke: One day I will tell her this 😂🤣

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful collection. I have had the good fortune of having lived in Jo'burg and Pretoria for my work assignments for over 4 years. I have fond memories of all the wildlife in Kruger and Pilanesberg. I had never seen the 'flap'. Now, thanks to you, I have at least see it :)

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Thank you and I am glad that you had a taste of Africa. They sya that once you have been here, you will always have Africa in your heart.
Happy that I could introduce the "Flap" to you.

!BEER

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Yes. once in Africa, Africa never leaves one's heart. I am truly an 'African' now because part of my heart is occupied forever by all the wonderful memories of my stay there.

Sorry for asking but I am getting these BEER and Pizza thingies. What am I supposed to do with them. I am not familiar with them.

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All of the thingies are "Tokens".

If you Are on PeakD and if you have the PeakD wallet then in the wallet you will see 5 blocks at the left.
Click on the second Hive-Engine block and wait for it to open.
Then you will see all of your tokens and what you can do with it.

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