...as I don't want your wife's feathers. I will get my own.
Now this is not the ordinary nesting story, as the location of the nest will blow your mind. Also, not ordinary birds, as these are some of our favorites. The little guy has started filling our house with his songs from early morning to late afternoon for several days now. A real blessing to our ears.
So come and see where they are building their nest.
The sunbirds are building a nest right next to our front door, and my wife had the bright idea to put some feathers for them near the nest. But the female sunbird would have none of it, and she was upset, as the feathers could reveal the location of the nest for predator birds to see.
So, she started to move the feathers away.
Please, pretty please, don't put feathers down near my nest, she said.
And look where she put the feathers, in the granadilla fence far away from her nest.
Finally, she moved all of the feathers away.
No need to ask where her nest is, as here below I will show you the nest in the Pelargonium bush right next to our front door.
Here is an overall look at the Pelargonium bush.
Mister Southern Double-collared sunbird is here every day now, as he accompanies her, flying with her, on all of her flights to fetch materials for the nest. I have quite a few singing photos of him. She works and he sings. Sounds like a wonderful life for a guy.
And that's it. Our front door will be out of action for the weeks to come, until the baby is born and can fly. :))
Visitors will have to enter through the garage door, as the birds might get scared if there are visitors coming to the front door and knocking, as it might cause the birds to abandon the nest. Let me tell you that we are so glad that they are building here. The lesson for us here is that we must leave them alone in their everyday lives, as they are quite capable of doing their own thing. We can however help to chase away predator birds and the local stray cats. But that's about all that we can do for them in my view. So, we look from a distance, and we try not to touch them, as all wildlife belongs to the wild, and not to us as humans.
I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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