July 6, 2013

Catching some winter sun on his back and giving me a very dirty look!

I was so far away that I thought it might not even notice me.

At first I thought it was a Square-tailed Drongo, but then saw that the eyes were dark.

Perhaps a Black Flycatcher?

July 5, 2013

The tiniest flowers often show amazing detail!

The little stamens are loaded with pollen,

The uncropped photo:

The last photo shows the size of the little flower compared to a safety match 

July 4, 2013

A Scarlet-chested Sunbird stretching his neck to reach the sweet nectar

For the last two years the Aloes in the rockery at the far end of the garden have had Aloe cancer and I had to remove the blooms.  I was advised by several people to remove and destroy the plants as well, but never got around to doing it.  I am pleased to see that so far this year there is no sign of the cancer, and happy that I did not destroy the plants!

If you missed the previous post and photo of the cancer, you can click here to see it.