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Southern Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis ssp. senegalensis)Observer
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Paired, at last
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African Stargrass (Hypoxis hemerocallidea)Observer
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Mbeki taters
Seeking sunny spot - and a digger
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Ropalidia antennataObserver
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Orchid seed Wasp
Tiny, c. 8mm long.
Apparently associated with the Orchid. My friend believes the wasp eats the very fine seeds from the brown (ripe) pods (?).
But here she seems to be building a nest below the pod.
See Orchid: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208463974
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White-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris talatala)Observer
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Missed the spidey ...
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Common Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta ssp. umbretta)Observer
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Does my head in: Hadeda becomes Hamerkop.
The central bird
(But see last pic: the first I took).
All shots taken at 10:01.
Can't ID left bird with exploded head.
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Southern Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio ssp. morio)Observer
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Does she want to be alone?
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Southern Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio ssp. morio)Observer
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Looking up river
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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)Observer
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Feeding time's over
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Genus EnicospilusObserver
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You need to go outside ...
Sleeping (?) on lounge door. Weak flight when offered finger, caught on hand and released outside. Made no effort to sting.
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Panafrican Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp ssp. vidua)Observer
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Dark horse high-wire act
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Dancing Amber (Telchinia serena)Observer
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Dance outside the veranda window, rather
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Coastal Forktail Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis ssp. adsimilis)Observer
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Bushveld Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus ssp. minor)Observer
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Oh yeah! I've warmed me tum
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Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)Observer
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Him 'n her
Garden birds by day. Fly off noisily to roost down by the river at night. Then return, even more noisily, to the rooftop at dawn
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Southern Redbill Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala ssp. rendalli)Observer
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Honeysuckle hedge hider
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Polistes marginalisObserver
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Since when do you live in holes?
Constantly returns to her drill hole in metal frame under back-door awning
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Southern Hadeda (Bostrychia hagedash ssp. hagedash)Observer
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Noisy shoppers
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Chilly Pansy (Junonia natalica ssp. natalica)Observer
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Summer's passed
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Common Mimic Acraea (Telchinia encedon ssp. encedon)Observer
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Sun stretch
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Southern Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis ssp. senegalensis)Observer
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Grass dove
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Southern Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio ssp. morio)Observer
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His 'n hers
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White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo ssp. lucidus)Observer
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A stump too far
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Wild Melon (Lagenaria sphaerica)Observer
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Wildly going where no melon has gone before
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Southern White-ear Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis ssp. leucotis)Observer
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Uncooperative
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Common Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus capensis)Observer
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Nice little colony gathering on n/e veranda wall
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Common Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus capensis)Observer
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Stompie
Slough almost complete. Tail, not so much
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Bush Brown (Bicyclus safitza ssp. safitza)Observer
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Can't you see the lace curtain?
Most unhappy flutterer. Wouldn't pose on finger when I freed hir oustide ...
