#wagtails

...as we saw a little bird wearing a crown like a king or a queen. It is a Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis) so come and watch its antics with that crown. Like the last winter season, they are now again

Something impossible that also held me spellbound. These two were sleeping in the sun, and the one on the left jerked its head up so suddenly that it awoke the one at the right. The main actors in this

In all honesty, we only expected one, but nature was kind with a surprise. Three Cape Wagtail babies greeted us when we arrived to check on the nest. We discovered the nest about four weeks ago and popped

Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. There are 54