July 30, 2013

 Burchell's Coucal 

It is also known as the Rainbird because it seems to call most often in periods of high humidity, 

leading to the belief that it can tell when it is going to rain!

July 29, 2013

I have seen and photographed many spiders, but have never seen one like this before.

A fast mover with a body length of only about 7mm.

It has the typical two large forward facing eyes of a Jumping Spider 

Strangely, on this spider those eyes are the same colour as the body, while the smaller eyes are black.

Unfortunately it moved quite fast and I did not get the opportunity to take more photos.

July 28, 2013

A still fluffy juvenile Laughing Dove sat on the fence this morning and watched my every move. 

This is not an unusual sight - these birds have a very spread out breeding season