A great sighting

On Monday afternoon I saw a Black-collared Barbet perching on the vegetable garden fence. By the time I'd fetched my camera from the office (now indoors as it's very cold in the Central Drakensberg_ and gone outside again, the barbet had flown off.

In its place was a Dark-capped Bulbul. 

So I took photos...

Dark-capped Bulbul

While I was crouching out in the garden, enjoying the afternoon sun and many garden birds, Derryn, the younger daughter of the young farmer next door, called me from the road between my garden and theirs.   She'd seen a Fish-eagle in a dead tree on the riverbank while out on their patio. She invited me to come along in her mum's prado and see it close by.

Which we did.

And I took photos.

 African Fish-Eagle 

The female is larger than the male and has a larger white chest band. As there was only one bird at the site, we couldn't compare. 

Afterwards I asked my birding mentor, SIL Shelley, why there was only one Fish-Eagle on the tree., She said they breed from June through October. The female was possibly incubating in one of the large oak trees in the farm yard, I now have the whole family peering up into the trees looking for a nest. If this bird was one of a pair, and we spot the female on the nest, I hope to take photos. I will report back here!

I'm linking to Saturday Critters with Eileen, here

A HAPPY AND SAFE SUNDAY TO YOU ALL!