#thrushes

The little guy is up first, and he already has his dad's twinkling song. Here he was sipping nectar on our Jacob's Ladder plant. We are looking forward to the little sunbird becoming an adult. Hopefully

All of our flowers in the Cape have started blooming, and we love the spring season. And of course, the birds also love the new flowers. First up is a Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer), and I don't know

Her babies cannot eat a big long earth worm, so she made a plan. This happened in the last bit of sunshine that we now have seen for the past 2 days. Now the skies are dark and everyone is glad about the

American Robins, so common they get little respect, but a handsome bird none-the-less.

The first three photos will show you the male Thrush having a late meal. Then I will show you his wife at work. So in this case the man loafs and the woman does all of the work. Now I am not going to equate

The chicks look already quite adult. Unfortunately, they are too tame to be returned to the wild. But they have a huge aviary, where nothing limits their activity.

The chicks are doing well. They all already eat on their own. I don’t even chop food for them. I only cut the apple or zucchini into two parts, and not rub on the grater. It makes my job of caring for

I am pleased to report that the chicks are doing well. Fortunately, thrushes are omnivorous birds, so I have no serious problems feeding them (this is more difficult with insectivorous birds, such as swifts).

The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many