We have a new nest!

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A proud father to be singing his joyful message to the world.

The southern double-collared sunbird is usually seen singly or in small groups. Its flight is fast and direct on short wings. It lives mainly on nectar from flowers, but takes some fruit, and, especially when feeding young, insects and spiders. It can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perches to feed most of the time.
The call is a hard chee-chee, and the song is a high pitched jumble of tinkling notes, rising and falling in pitch and tempo for 3–5 seconds or more. Source

And his lady sat there pertly grooming herself to the music of her husband's song.
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But not for long as this lady had some nest building to take care of.
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Up and down and all over to collect the soft bedding inside the nest.
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The southern double-collared sunbird or lesser double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) is a small passerine bird which breeds in southern Africa. It is mainly resident, but partially migratory in the north-east of its range. Source

At times she sat in a tree to give me a look over.
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And the husband sat at the top of the tree, ready to fight any intruders no matter their size.
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Oh The nest! All kinds of soft stuff tied to a branch by using orange PVC strings from refuse bags. A real woven artwork.
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Every now and again our lover boy would check up on her to see if she was okay.
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And so these Spring season babies have returned in winter to build a new nest near the tree that they were born in.
Last year the storm winds ripped one of their nests apart, killing the baby inside and this time they have decided to build their nest in a different tree that is more sheltered from the winds.
So soon I am hoping to bring you some photos of the baby, or with luck, babies.

And That's All Friends!

Photos by Zac Smith- All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS.

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Wow, that's something great. I am glad you captured this beautiful moment. I remember as a child I used to watch birds marking their nest, I wonder why they do such hard working, staring with just a single piece of grass to building a perfect home. These creatures teaches us many valuable life lessons. What a sweet family, its moving. 😊🙏

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Oh yes, birds are born architects and engineers. It is always amazing to see where they find their building materials, in this case mostly in the lining of pot plants and they are very clever.
Mother nature always have lessons for us.

Have a slice of !PIZZA

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Poor birds are getting confused with the seasons, hope this nest is super strong against those awful Cape winds they have to endure.

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!PIZZA

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I was wondering how you were holding up Lady Joan.
The worry was that they would go and build a nest in the dwarf chameleon's bush, as it would draw the cats, but thankfully they were wise and are nesting in a bottlebrush tree that is shielded by two trees at the front.
At the back where the South Easter wind comes from, they are protected by a house, so it's a clever and ideal venue for a nest.

We had to warn the neighbors to watch their heads, as the nest is near their front door.
Here she is with another load at the left and the nest is in the yellow circle.

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They built the nest low in the thin branches so that the cats and the squirrels can't get to it, but that is the front door of the house at the back.
Fortunately the neigbors also love birds and hopefully they will use the back door for a while.

Hope that the new week will be a great one for you guys.

!LUV
!PIZZA
!BEER

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When aware of their nest we can avoid going close, giving them space. Always enjoyable sitting and watching the cycle of life in the garden.

Have a great day!
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Oh yeah, that's exactly what we are doing my friend.
I waited for them both to be away before I sneaked a photo of that nest and she is on it right now.

Hope that your week started well.

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That's how life should be: the wife takes care of the home and the children and the hubby takes care of his beauty. The only downside are the enemies which might be bigger sometimes, but in such a case the lovely wife could come and help her hubby 😆

It's very kind of the neighbors to use th eback door while the birds are nesting :)
Beautiful bird photos, Zac, and a great and informative post as always.

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Good afternoon Hannes,

Hahaha, no my friend, I think that we have the goat by it's tail, as nowadays the women are the boss.
And if any enemies emerge, the women will take care of them.

Yes we are lucky with the neighbors, as they are not here during the week, the husband work on road contracts in the mountain passes. So they rent a cottage close to his work and only come home on 2 weekends per month. We look after their place when they are gone.

Glad that you liked the post.

Cheers and thanks.

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At least I let mine believe that she's the boss, and I do what she says, of course 🤣

I'd like to have such neighbors - ours like to party and that can get quite loud sometimes, but on the other hand they are nice and even when they have a party they are quite at about 10pm.

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!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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I think that we are lucky to have good wives Hannes. We also hardly ever have arguments and if we do it lasts maybe for an hour or two, then all is well again.

Great to have neighbors that are almost never here and we also don't have party problems in the complex as there are strict rules. Atilla, sorry, Matilda runs the show here and nobody wants to upset her, so yeah things are calm.

Cheers and thanks.

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Yep, a good wife is essential to have a good life 😊

When I was younger there have been quite a few female Atilla's around who shouted all day long what is write and what is wrong, but the modern old ladies nowadays are way more ladies :)

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Hahaha, we have a few "modern" old ladies here that are the sisters of Godzilla my friend 🤣
At a previous place where we stayed I was shocked out of my shoes when a modern old lady pulled a zap sign on me 😮 We named her Gremlin 🤣

Now if you don't laugh at this then you will seriously need some counselling by your daughter 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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Of course I laugh because I know where our Godzilla's have gone 🤣

!BEER and !PIZZA - nice 😃
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Ah! Now I get it as you guys send your Godzillas to Africa. There must be an old witch that receives them here to teach them the ways of how to antagonize me 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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That nest! It is a work of art. I hope it is a successful home for all of them!

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Thank you milady and she is now on the nest, as it is finished. Two or 3 weeks and we will see the babies. I am keeping an eye on the nest in case any predators try their luck.
Glad that you liked the nest.

Blessings and have a slice of !PIZZA

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Some beautiful bird shots @papilloncharity! That horrid orange string can also be attributed to neglectful farm workers. It is used to cut and bale (ask us) but the workers are extremely careless. We seem to be constantly picking them up. Even fishing an orange end out of the mouth of one of our cows

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I absolutely hate littering my friend and lately it's starting to become an obsession with me.
As you know, thaere are many farms around here and maybe I will drop a line in local daily to warn about the strings. With the photo of the nest of course.
We have also helped some birds here with plastic issues, but there are many careless souls around.

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