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Hot Bird Summer

Much like us birds tend to not enjoy extremely hot days, panting, bathing, pulling their feathers tighter to their bodies, no birds don't like the heat always.

Swings and slides from hot to wet, adjusting to conditions takes some forethought both involve thick bush one to keep dry or cool within, keep growing trees!

Pond is enjoyed or bird bath out in the open giving them time to take a dip then perch in safer place to enjoy cooling down.

What has been happening over the last week has been mixed weather some rain with exceptionally hot days in between, birds cope pretty well nonetheless.

Village Weaver female sits looking around from the tree, safe enough to go in and enjoy a couple of seeds?

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Male Village Weaver making sure he gets his fair share after all this building of nests takes loads of energy you know!

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Taking top perch is none other than the Pin-tailed whydah bird ready to pounce on any female in his species ready to breed once again....

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One of his harem arrive and everyone must 'skedaddle' get out the way!

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While up on the roof a lot of argy-bargy carries on..., heat of the day is not a time to lose it guys! Hadeda pecking order on top of the roof, short tempers flaring for a breeze?

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Don't stick around too long you may get bomb dived in haste of space on the bush perhaps.

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Well 'don't worry, be happy' we will fit into once space and wait it out for now....

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So I leave with a thought down memory lane once again!

Free as a bird
It's the next best thing to be
Free as a bird.
Home, home and dry
Like a homing bird I'll fly
As a bird on wings.
Whatever happened to
The life that we once knew?
Can we really live without each other?
Where did we lose the touch
That seemed to mean so much?
It always made me feel so free.
  • John Lennon

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All photography is my own. Any queries or requests please drop a comment below or make contact with me, have a wonderful day! Photography without tripod, go with the flow wherever life takes you. NB: Amateur photographer and bird watcher, keep smiling!

Thought for Today: "A hot tempered person destroys in one day, all his twenty years achievements." - African Proverb

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