Cuteness overdrive is small bird with beak full of seed, silence reigns while busy nibbling it quiet enough you will hear them crack the seeds enjoying the inside treats.
Nothing beats seeing some small little bird enjoying itself with seed popping everywhere, the first two first amazed, then startled me having never seen them previously.
Small in size dynamic in colour, they returned and still have me stuck watching them being exceptionally shy they come in pairs around midday, foraging on the ground for seeds. Please don't support illegal trade of this attractive little bird who loves warm conditions often taken to countries not suited to their lifestyle.
Weavers arrive in noisy flocks, sometimes other weavers may mix together with other weavers making it difficult to always identify, they arrive in a flurry and leave in a hurry once they have cleared all the seed out of the feeder daily.
With many weaver around it may be difficult at times to identify, below female.
Invasive status given to this little bird (it is not the Cape Sparrow) introduced into our region from North Africa and Eurasia., we have never had great numbers arrive in our area, they feed alongside weavers and our local sparrows unfortunately may be problematic in damaging crops or crowd out local birds from feeding in nature.
Mannikin is diminutive in size males only weigh in at ten grams being one of the smallest seed eating birds in South Africa . Mating season both built a nest, during mid winter when not rearing young collectively build a larger nest to sleep over in small communities.
Bronze Mannikin - Spermestes cucullata
Now I bid you good evening after winds swept through and Zeus threw a few lightning bolts around, piece in the land and a little cooler than the heat we had early, can you see I am smiling... Time to go seed the family!
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Thought for Today: "Eat when the food is ready; speak when the time is right" - African Proverb (Ethiopia)
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