Apologies! I have been feeling quite guilty because I have not posted in a while...
Not that I haven't taken any photos - I have just been too busy to post!!
Hopefully this will make up for it!
Yesterday's drive to False Bay Park in the iSimangaliso Wetlands to photograph birds, did not amount to much because there were hardly any birds to be seen! (Or so it seemed)
It was an overcast and windy day with intermittent rain.
On the way out I decided to make a last attempt and took the left turn to Rocky Point.
I spotted this Grey Heron in a tree next to the road, but as we approached it took off.
Fortunately it settled a bit further at a pan to the left of us.
Soon I noticed more...
.. and more ... Red-billed Teal
Yellow-billed Duck - a new addition to my birder's list!
Please don't laugh - I'm quite new to birding :)
Black-winged Stilt
How gorgeous is this Red-billed Teal? (but I tend to think that it is well aware of that ☺)
A Black-winged Stilt taking a rest on one leg :)
Raindrops on a Red-billed Teal
Very sad looking White Faced Whistling Ducks
Perhaps sad because their more colourful cousins were stealing the show?
... and last but not least - a beautiful splash of colour in the distant reeds on the shore of the lake.
If only it would come closer...
Fire Crowned Bishop or Black Winged Bishop - no picture seems the same -
I can't find a black bird online that seems to be wearing a red 'cape'
