Food For Thought
Not every bird in the sky has the good fortune of being fed, most seek out their own on the ground below, flying high or low feeding a nest with hatchlings or themselves, continuing life cycle normally something to eat out there.
Kathi Hutton - 'I don't feed the birds because they need me; I feed the birds because I need them.'
African Firefinch (Lagonosticta rubricata) - On Garden Wall
Small birds and big do have a varied diet, more often seed and insects, small birds mainly rely on seeds to the best of my knowledge.
Cape Teal (Anas capensis Gmelin) - Bird Sanctuary Scottburgh Visit
High performing African Fish Eagle enjoying a chicken neck!
African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) - Bird Sanctuary Drakensberg Visit
Although many are fed while being rehabilitated many will return to the wild scouring the rivers for fish, found on healthy rivers where they build nests. Also known to take smaller birds, small animals in a mixed diet.
Mocking Chat (Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventri)
Known to eat fruits, insects and some nectar by what I have been able to research on this sweet little bird.
Thanks for joining me and sharing bird life in South Africa, love to feed them, see who arrives, some love the seed others appear to thrive on nectar!
Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) - Identified as females currently in Agave flowering in my garden with assistance from Local Bird Forum
Thanks for visiting birds eating in feathered friends photography, entry to #SMAP No. 82 Contest with host @nelinoeva Bird With Food
Feathered Friends Community gratitude to @melinda010100 for sponsoring the contest. Our talented artist @barbara-orenya for continious creative support.
All photography is my own. Any queries or requests please drop a comment below or make contact with me, have a wonderful day! Photography without tripod, _go with the flow wherever life takes you. NB: Amateur photographer and bird watcher, keep smiling!_
Thought for Today: "The sweet flying ants will never be birds." - African Proverb
by @barbara-orenya
