#spurfowls

...how hygienic birds are, as they preen themselves after every meal. This is a female Cape Spurfowl (Pternistis capensis) demonstrating a preening session to me, and I also have a new baby dove to show

The little Laughing dove arrives at 5pm every day to come and eat. A very short preening session, as he was cleaning himself before dinner, before another downpour started. I have two bird species in here

I don't know who got the bigger surprise when we saw each other, her or me. For a few seconds we stared at each other, and then she scattered. But she left something behind. The Cape spurfowl or Cape francolin

The mom was with them to keep an eye, but they waited for her to take a nap. The rising sun was about to clear the hills and we were waiting at the dam. We saw the Cape Spurfowl mom with the two babies