I am keeping an eye on the new nesting couple.
They are the Southern Double-collared Sunbirds (Cinnyris chalybeus) that now occupy the old nest of the previous couple.
The prevous couple left about 3 weeks ago, as soon as their new youngster was ready to fly and we have not seen them since. They left the nest that they built intact and then one morning I saw a new female sunbird at the same nest with a feather in her beak. Surprise, surprise, as she moved into the old nest and furnished the bedroom with a new bed of soft stuff.
The bossman came in and landed with a happy song to the heavens.
This was the only shot that I could get of the female, as she came out for a break from the nest where the eggs are.
This guy doesn't sit on the nest at all. The previous female that built the nest was also not helped by her husband. The guys only showboat with song and dance every day while the female is away on the nest.
See what I mean about showboating and song?
Finally, he does that until evening and then our Robin couple take over the song department, as we often hear the Robin at midnight and also first thing in the morning when the new day is still wrapped in darkness.
I am confined to the little square at the side of the house, to get a view of the sunbird nest and there are only two trees in sight. The bottle brush tree where the sunbirds nest an a Syringa tree where the male was sitting in song. But I think that I took my chances to get the two of them fairly well and that was enough for me.
So, let me have your thoughts in the comments below.
And That's All Friends.
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