We are indeed fortunate to have so many farms around in our area of the Western Cape Province. I often post about the wildlife on the winelands and this time it is wheat and strawberries. Plus birds of course.
Who says the Guinea fowls can't fly? Look where the security guard was sitting to announce our arrival.
Come for some coffee or tea and a big slice of strawberry cake. As usual, I will disappear with my camera for a while until the order arrives. In fact, I was already taking photos of the wheat and the strawberry lands on the way in. We love it in nature, and I am sure that nature loves us right back. Even the birds that posed here for the camera would agree, as they were there on nature's orders.
So without much ado, come and see.
Hey guys, he shouted, if you want to be seen worldwide on Hive, then here comes the camera man. So get ready to pose for him :)
A lovely view of the golden wheat and the mountain.
The weavers are also keeping the wheat lands neat and tidy :)
Strawberry fields forever!
In some sections the strawberries started to ripen, and the lanes that were planted earlier will soon be harvested.
A view of the tea garden and I got some action here.
This guy, in the sun, wanted to show you his muscles. He is an Olive Thrush (Turdus alivaceus).
At the top of that same log, sat a Cape Robin-chat (Cossypha caffra). He rushed to get his hair in the latest fashion.
Only the second time that I get this guy, and he is Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus).
I also found a nest here with two babies in it, as I watched the parents in order to locate the nest. But I will show you this in another post. The sparrow twin babies that I showed you in the previous post, were in fact triplets, as we discovered another one after the twins had flown. I will also show you this in the other post.
Once we have the car sorted out, we plan to go out for another break, as then we would have two, two-day breaks for the year. Not bad, as in the early years at Papillon we had absolutely no breaks and we worked 7 days a week. But thankfully those days are past now, and things are a bit calmer since we moved down to the Cape province.
I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
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