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there some really interesting calls we've been hearing in our garden for the past 2/3 weeks. I haven't identified them yet, but when I do I'll let you know.

We often get green woodhoepoes and some robin-chats which I quite like.

Crested and Black-collared Barbets are also favourites for their ubiquitous calls

got to share this with all
yesterday i saw 4 pairs Purple Crested Louries,
1 pair Burchalls coucals ( rain birds)
3 mouse birds.

all in one small tree at the bottom of my garden. I dont have a good enough camera to get a pic .

Hi Nurse B - if your tree has shoots, please may I have a piece..

Its an unmentionable on the other side of my fence. I have never found the heart to remove it as it does seem to be a favourite among our birds.

My favourite at the moment, Sunbird nesting. All time fave - Black Eyed Bull-Bull, and recently, Gymnogene.

in my Benoni garden I have alot of birds like
1. red bishops
2. grey lories
3. pin tailed wider
4. crested Barbet
5.wattled starlings
6. some times a sun bird every now and then
7. wood hoepoes

I feed my birds almost every day so these have become local custermers now.

Here in our farm garden with lots of trees we find;

crested barbets
blackcollerd barbets
coacals
diederik cuckoo
striped cuckoo
greylouries
whiteback mousebirds
woodland kingfisher
european bee-eater
grey and yellowbilled hornbill
redbilled woodhoopoe
hoopoe
babblers
bulbuls
olive thrush
crimsonbreasted shrike
glossy starlings
scarletchested sunbirds
paradise flycatcher

As tracytas, i like to feed the birds to see them coming to our garden.

u very lucky you get glossy starlings, id kill to have them in my garden i think they are stunning birds worthwhile watching for hours

We've got plenty of glossy starlings in our garden in Jo'burg

Put out some peanut butter for them….it will provide you, and them, hours of entertainment. Those bills are just not made to eat the sticky peanut butter…but every now and then they manage to get a piece into their throats and they just LOVE it.

We have quite a nice bird life in Bryanston…some of the more special ones we have had so far….
Wattled Lapwings (one actually chased two Hadedas out of the garden this morning)
Burchell’s Coucal
The Green Wood-Hoepoes
Red-winged Starlings (also Glossy Starlings)
Red-headed Finches
Had a brief glimpse of a Diderick Cuckoo end of last week.

Strange visitors who regularly visit my garden nowerdays:
Couple of Egyptian Geese
Hamerkop (breeding in my neighbours' garden)
Paradise Flycatcher (thinks he may building a nest in my garden)

Hi All,

I've just relocated up tp JHB (Glenferness) from Durban. Been here for 5 month now - There areTONs of new species here! I used to drive to the parks to see these species, now I see them in my back garden!!

Spotted thick-knee
Red headed finch
African Sacred Ibis - eating a fish
Yellow-billed duck
Purple Heron - eating a snake
Crested Barbet
Black Collared Barbet
Helmuted Guinae fowl
Swainson's spurfowl
African Grey Hornbill
African Hoopoe
Grey Heron
Cape Robin-Chat
Tawny Flanked Prinia
Black Crake
Blacksmith Lapwing - Sooo common!
Crowned Lapwing - also sooo common, didn't get them in DBN!
Common Fiscal
Egyptian Goose
Peacock
Woodland Kingfisher
Speckled Pigeon
Speckled Mousbird
Masked weaver
Cape Bunting
Malachite sunbird

Wow - didn't realise how many!! Attached is a pic of my favorite.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43842571@N05/4042605955/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cheers

Here is my Favorite Little Visitor:

Nice one Mike!

Thanks Magic Guarri