Such beautiful little cuties.
They are so small that even the raptors and the predators don't bother to catch them. Except cats of course.
Today I will show you a small bird with his small family.
The Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis) is a tiny grass seed eater and they are of the Finch family. This little bird can sit on a grass leaf.
Whenever I hear that "swee-swee-swee" call I know it is them.
Not much is written about them, but they say that the swees are endemic to the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
However I have seen them in the Drakensberg up north.
He was picking away here on the flower of a Bottle Brush tree.
Now meet the child Swee and I saw him drinking water in the gutter as we are having much rain here. You can notice his pale head and the black chin will come later.
This is what Wikipedia has to say about the Swees.
The swee waxbill is 9–10 cm long with a grey head and breast, pale yellow belly, olive back and wings, red lower back and rump, and a black tail. The upper mandible is black and the lower red. The male has a black face, but the female's face is grey. Juveniles are much duller than the female and have an all-black bill.
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The parent Swees arrived here on the gutter.
Then I asked the dad to pose with his family for a photo.
Finally a test here. Let me know in the comments if you can see the two swees in this tree???
Like I said, not much is written about the swee waxbills, but I have seen them far up north near the border of South Africa at the Kruger National Park. I have also seen them in Johannesburg and in the Drakensberg mountain range, so yes, they have invaded the country.
Really cute little ones.
And That's All Friends!
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Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge.
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