African Red-eyed Bulbul

The African Red-eyed Bulbul has a conspicuous wide orange-red eye-ring. We've always had a resident pair of bulbuls in our garden. Last year I featured a pair near their nest in an old rose-bush outside the entertainment area. I'm not sure where they nested [in the garden] this year, but had the pleasure of watching a parent and juvenile in the mulberry tree (not photographed!) and also on our bird feeder. 

 I took this photo too quickly, not checking my function settings and it's a little blurry. The juvenile on the left is waiting for its parent to drop some apple into its wide-open bill! 

The juvenile's eye-ring is narrower and yellowish pink

The juvenile chews on a piece of fruit which it pecked from the apple itself

Mama/papa looks on

And also digs in! 

Both birds having their fill

On closer inspection, the juvenile is still quite fluffy

The African Red-eyed Bulbul is very common and near-endemic. Its food is mainly fruit, also nectar, insects and flower petals. It's call is distinctive - "Wake up, Gregory!"- and can be heard very early in the morning - in our garden - before sunrise.  

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