March 23, 2012

Old age, bad teeth and sad eyes....
This old Baboon was sitting in the shade looking very sorry for himself.

March 22, 2012

More Swallow tales....

The European Swallows are still in the area. 

Something strange below the beak of the one on the right caught my eye.

At first I thought it was a piece of egg shell or a large tick, but on the close-up below

 it looks more like a growth of sorts. Poor bird....

March 21, 2012

For Blackie, with lots of love.  (He reckons he is 21 today with 20 years experience!) 
Hope your day was a happy one - 41 little birdies told me that your year will be a great one!
For those who missed previous posts on the subject:  There used to be a dead Guava tree just outside my yard. The tree was a very popular resting place for birds, and obviously a source for many photos.  Unfortunately the tree was chopped down by one of the workers. I was devastated and summoned help to go and find the discarded tree.
We cut off a large branch, brought it home and wired it to the corner post of the fence a few meters
 from where the original tree used to be. Slowly the birds started coming back.
 Earlier this month, while sitting on the patio chatting to Blackie on the phone, I found these European Swallows all perched in the Guava 'tree'  After downloading the photo, and finding that there were 41 birds I decided to save it for Blackie's 21+20th birthday!