Yes, we watched and waited and in here you will see the rewards.
You just gotta love this, as two babies outside, at our front door popped out of the nest. This is a new Southern Double-collared Sunbird family.
I split the post into two, as the first one came out early this morning, and the other one popped out at noon, so let's have a look at the first one. This is also a very special day, as it is my youngest sister's birth date and may she continue to RIP. You will surely also find the two little female sunbird babies delightful, and the parents had a very busy day.
I had the habit of every morning watching the nest that they built in a Pelargonium bush in our front garden, and it was a long wait. You cannot imagine how happy I was when the first little one came out. At that stage I didn't know that there were two, but I will explain in the second part below.
Phew! She was a bit tired after the flight from the nest to land on a branch in a trellis box.
Mom popped in to feed, but my camera lately has the habit of blurring some shots. Cannot blame it, as it works very hard.
Just look at that pose. Maybe she will become a model one day:))
And here below is the second part, that took place at noon.
My suspicions were aroused when the parents fed the first baby in the small tree in our garden, but they continued to also return to feed something in the Pelargonium bush. So, as soon as the feeding stint was over and the parents departed, I went to have a peep in the bush. And there she was, the second baby.
She landed here on the trellis.
Daddy seemed to sense that the second baby, is a bit smaller than the first one, and so he took care of this one while the mommy fed the other one.
And then daddy started to lecture the smaller one. I liked to see how intently the smaller one listened.
Then daddy pecked a kiss on the smaller one's beak.
We also had some action during the day, as at first the parents went crazy when Robby our Cape Robin-chat popped into the garden, but I managed to send Robby on his way. Then, during the afternoon session, the thrush that scratches in the garden every day for worms, also came in and it was sheer bedlam again as the parents even bombed the thrush, so my wife made a noise for the thrush to take off. Even if I get a bit too close, they zoom around my head like bees. But we respect them, and we leave them alone, and we thank Mother Nature for this fantastic gift.
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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That's too precious 😭😭😭
Thank you, and also our thoughts. !LOLZ
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Their baby looks very healthy, the parents are very talented in caring for their baby.
I agree, and they have 2 babies. !LOLZ
The green one is beautiful 🥰💚
Thank you and the green one is the male sunbird. !LOLZ
Hectic! There's a bird here in the area that I've been meaning to get pictures of... but that's an art I have not yet mastered it would seem! Everytime I try to get into position they fly away!
Some nice shots you got there!
Thank you. I can help you, so the next time that you visit the Cape, look me up, and I will take you for a demonstration of how I get them. For free of course.
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We surely can, and it would be a pleasure to meet you guys.
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A lovely cute report on the lives of these beautiful birds. This baby will be just as bright and colored in the future too.
Thank you, and let's just pray that they will survive the strong wind that we have here today.
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Beautiful, I think they will be models for you 🤣, I loved what you wrote about the birth of the two little brothers. What patience to wait to have very angles for the pictures, how tender to see them feeding and the daddy, talking to the youngest and at the same time taking care of him, thank you I enjoyed it,👏👏👏🌻🦋🌈💕.
Hermosos, creo que te van a ser modelos 🤣, me encanto lo que escribiste del nacimiento de los dos hermanitos. Que paciencia el esperar a tener muy ángulos para las fotos, que tierno el verles darle la comida y el papá, hablandole al más chico y a la vez lo cuidaba, gracias lo disfrute,👏👏👏🌻🦋🌈💕
Thank you for translating your reply in English, as now I don't have to do it. Surely they will be models in the future, and we are just happy that they have survived thus far, as we have many predators here. Especially the house cats. But in the meantime we keep an eye on them, and all is well thus far.
Very strong winds that we have here today. !LOLZ
It's always a pleasure 🌻🦋🌈
Es siempre un placer 🌻🦋🌈
Hello, greetings, I'm glad the newborns are doing well. There was a lot of rain here yesterday. These days it gets dark in the afternoon and it rains a lot.🌻🦋🌈
Hola saludos que bueno que están bien los recién nacidos, aquí hubo ayer muchas lluvias, en estos días en la tarde se oscurece y llueve mucho.
Hello also to you. We are thankful that the mommy brings them back to the nest every day, and during the day, they learn how to feed themselves. So it will still take a week or two before they are ready to go.
Thankfully our rains have stopped, as it was a very wet winter, and now it's real hot spring weather here.
So take care with all of that rain around.
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Thank you for thanking, how beautiful to see them grow every day until they can feed themselves, and to see the relationship of the parents with them. Beautiful 👏🌈
Gracias por agradecer, que hermoso verlos crecer cada día hasta que puedan alimentarse, y ver la relación de los padres con ellos. Hermoso 👏🌈
Oh yes, the mom still bring them back to the nest every night. It should be another week, and then they will be gone. One of the babies might return next spring season to come and nest here again.
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