Robert Wienand - Photo Safari - See my profile's photostream  

I had an opportunity to visit the Marievale Bird Sanctuary last week again, and was happy to find the same family of Yellow Mongooses whom I had photographed some time ago.
I loved the curiosity of this one, standing up on its hind legs scanning the surrounding vegetation for danger.

This is one of the more common kingfisher species in South Africa and certain places provide perfect opportunities of photographing them.

This is one of 3 juvenile birds that were seen on the day. The adult bird is brighter in colour and has a bright orange/red beak.

Heard of this Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird nest through a friend, and thought I would try and find it and hopefully get a few shots.

Found the nest, but had terrible light to work with as it was overcast for most of the morning. I just couldn't get the shutter speed up without having a lot of noise to deal with.

Sadly this is the only pic I feel worthy of sharing.

A blast from the past. Was going through some of my images from a few years ago, and thought this would be a worthwhile addition to my photostream.

Hope you like it.

Another Widowbird in breeding plumage. Personally I would have rather called this the Cut-throat Widowbird, but of course Red-collared is also very descriptive.

This species does not have as long tails as their cousins the Long-tailed Widowbird, but are nevertheless just as spectacular to see.