African Golden Weaver

African Golden Weaver - Ploceus subaureus - With striking red eyes and red legs is what led me to identifying this bird in my garden.

Weaver birds of all shapes and sizes arrive along our coastline, some presenting a rich golden green plumage, others have masked black faces, so here goes I really hope my identification is correct on this regular visitor.

Along the East Coast a sub-tropical region, friendly visitors in the garden, keeping an eye on berries in trees, insects available or a free meal from the feeder of seeds, brown bread or brown rice healthier option.

African Golden Weaver Bright red eye watching, black beak nibbling a piece of bread held firmly in the foot, a bird found in some regions in Africa. Nesting in ball-shaped nests a colony up in trees.

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For a short period she had the feeder all to herself, enjoying her early morning breakfast before the crowds swooped in.

When next you look up into the tree there are almost more birds than leaves, a gusto of collective chirping, collecting pieces of bread they will fly into the adjacent bush to quietly eat away in peace. If one drops the food, it is a free for all with others bickering to get the morsel. This may be a mixture of different weavers.

Male among the females, breeding males are distinguished by black bill and red eye, female is duller yellow, has a horn to dark bill, eye is brown or reddish brown.

Bread is finished, most have flown away, this male and two females departed after all the rest, perhaps they are two of his local harem taking a well earned rest.

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