Once again I apologise for some of the slightly blurry shots. Some birds were very far and the lens was also failing to focus all of the time. Close-ups were so much easier!
Ostrich female (Struthio camelus) flightless and the largest bird in the world....
The male was some distance away ignoring her, though she was showing off and flapping her wings around...
I wondered if they had actually mated just before we arrived.
The fastest bird, or animal in the world on two legs.
In another spot we saw a male bird sitting on eggs. All of the herd’s hens place their eggs in the dominant hen’s 3m-wide nest, though her own are given the prominent centre place; each female can determine her own eggs amongst others. The dominant female will push other eggs out if there are too many to incubate. You can see one out here, and there were another couple further afield out of the photo.
African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)...
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Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrusrus adsimolis)
As above.
A somewhat blurry shot of a Malachite Sunbird male out of breeding plumage (Nectarinia famosa). In the breeding season, they have a metallic malachite green plumage all over other than its rump. They are very beautiful.
Red-capped lark, (Calandrella cinerea) seen in a newly planted pineapple field...
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