Greetings to all and I start off here with the hope of at least getting some smiles. Life is tough and a smile is always good medicine methinks.
The Malachite Sunbird was happily having a late afternoon snack on a red pincushion, but there was an unexpected surprise approaching in his neither region.
What was that? Just in time he whipped his bum out of the way.
I think that the bee saw himself as the owner of that particular flower and he wanted to evict the new squatter by stinging him in the bum. It is against the law here to remove illegal occupiers by force, but I assume that the law is not applied in nature :)
Nature has its own rules and it's normally a free for all situation.
So, the malachite moved to a different flower just to keep the peace, you know.
Lovely how the sun behind me lit up his colors.
A Peregrine Falcon was also scouting for a snack.
While the Pied Crows were practicing for the tandem flying competition.
Plenty bugs in the air and I saw that the Southern Double-collared Sunbird was getting a bit rotund.
Finally, come and watch how the female Malachite takes off from her nest to also go and eat some bugs.
Oops! She was coming in and flew right past my head.
She looked like a dancer in the sky during her hunt for flying insects.
I am sure that had that bee gotten the Malachite with a sting in his bum, that the malachite will never sit on a pincushion flower again :)
Just as well that he moved, as I think that the bee was on his way to collect some of his gang members to persuade the malachite by force to evacuate in a hurry. But be it as it may, peace reigned.
Soon we will have some malachite babies and I cannot wait to get them on camera, so I keep an eye on that nest every day. A worry though is the weather, as some storm force winds are on their way and a wind of 50 or 60 kph, can rip that nest out of the bush. But we are holding thumbs that it will not happen.
We hope that everyone will have a good weekend and that you enjoyed the pictures and the story in this post.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
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