Ubiquitous Malachite Sunbird

Although the weather has cooled considerably at night, the days are still a sultry 25•C  and the late afternoons / early evenings are calm and warm. This is when I wield my trusty camera and manage to capture industrious birds hawking before bedtime.

Malachite Sunbird (male) in eclipse plumage

I was using my manual function on the camera so didn't capture the sunbird too clearly - but here he is hawking for his supper

Back on his perch, he swallows his prey

I love this image where you can almost see inside his throat!!

And just as we thought that we only had the Malachite Sunbird in our garden, he dive-bombed another bird in a tree along the driveway. I zoomed in nano-seconds before IT flew away and managed a rather blurry photo. 

White-bellied Sunbird (breeding male)

I'm linking to Wild Bird Wednesday which you can visit here

Happy Wednesday to you all!