Saturday, February 13, 2021

Amethyst Sunbird female and juvenile

 Dear Blogger friends. Thank you for your kind wishes for my birthday. I have been inundated with phone calls, WhatsApp messages and Facebook greetings. 

Just after Christmas, I saw Mama sitting on my bed and gazing out of the window. When I drew closer, I saw she was birdwatching. I grabbed my camera and managed to get several photos of a mother bird and her youngster sitting on a tree just outside the window.

Mama watching the birds outside my window 
Amethyst Sunbird, female 
Amethyst sunbird - juvenile 

During one of our cleanup sessions at The Bunker, I rescued a praying mantis sitting on the units  WiFi dongle.

 A pretty visitor on the Wifi dongle 
I carried it out and placed it on the Tecomaria on the patio

The praying mantis in a much safer habitat

I'm linking to Saturday Critters with Eileen here

Happy Saturday to you all! 


12 comments:

  1. Hello,
    Happy Belated Birthday Jo! Love the cute kitty bird watching. The Sunbirds are beautiful, they have a cool looking curved bill. You are so kind to rescue to Praying Mantis, it has a pretty flower to sit on now. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a happy weekend! PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

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  2. Happy Belated Birthday ~ Wonderful photos ~ especially of your sweet kitty and the baby bird ~

    Moment by Moment,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  3. Well Happy Belated Birthday!! :) Your "Mama" is cute! Our cats love to look out the window to watch the birds too!

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  4. I do love your visitors - and their watchers.

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  5. Lovely Sunbirds. My Carson dog used to watch the birds.

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  6. Birds would definitely draw her attention.

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  7. happy to hear you are still rescuing critters... that is a nice looking mantis

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  8. She definitely has her attention focused.

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  9. Great photo of the baby bird. I love the praying mantis

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  10. I'm glad you had a happy birthday! Love that praying mantis and the sunbird has quite a beak...looks like it would get in the way! But I'm sure it serves a good purpose! Enjoy your afternoon! Any cake left? heehee!

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