I keep an eye on the nest every day.
Here the dad had a thin flower nectar pistle in his beak.
Thankfully their nest has survived the storms and the gale force winds.
It just shows how intelligently the little sunbirds decided where to build their nest to protect it against the elements. They are Southern Double-collared sunbirds (Cinnyris chalybeus) and now both parents by sitting outside the nest with food means that they were feeding the baby, or I hope babies.
He stuck his head inside the nest and you can see that the pistle is gone.
The terrible twins followed me and here they were waiting for nuts.
The sunbird mom arrived with what looked like a round white pupea of an insect.
Again she popped only her head into the nest. Before when she had eggs she used to climb into the nest to sit on the eggs, but now they are feeding and I hope that there is more than one baby.
A beautiful little Cape White-eye was also keeping an eye on me.
Unfortunately this is the biggest danger for these little birds. Tame housecats and they are also the biggest danger to the dwarf chameleons.
But I cannot hurt the cats and only chase them away.
Oh yes, I stay on the beat to keep the cats away, but at night things get difficult. We also have Cape Robin-chats and Olive Thrushes nesting here and we simply cannot take any chances with about 5 cats that patrol the area.
Thankfully thus far all is good and I cannot wait for those sunbird babies to stick their little heads out of the nest.
Of course I take all of the photos on the zoom and we don't go anywhere near the nest.
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