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Bird Phptography

Pin-tailed Whyder

The handsome bird in the top photograph is the male of the Pin-tailed Whyder species. The Pin-tailed Whyder is a brood parasite – in other words the female lays its eggs in another species of bird’s nest and leaves the host birds to raise the chicks. In this case the host bird species is the Swee Waxbill which is shown in the second photograph.

A black and white bird with a red beak.
it has a long tail, approximately twice the length of its body
A small bird with a grey head, green wings and white belly standing on the top of a branch. It has a red under beak and red on the rump.
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Photographs marking the day

A silhouette of a  leafless tree against a red evening sky with a bird perched on top of the tree also in silhouette.

A Sugarbird in the evening,

a bird perched on top of a tree
It has a grey head and belly, green wings, red on the tail and the lower beak.

A waxbill in the morning

white flowers with yellow stamens

Flowers at midday

stars in a dark sky with clouds and light on the far horizon

And the stars at night. Light pollution on the horizon.