Fresh from my camera today, National Geographic stuff I am sure!
This entry is also for a challenge titled "My Picture Day" and sponsored by @blocktrades and @theycallmedan
We are moored at home due to the lockdown situation in South Africa, as I am sure that most of you are also in the same situation.
But come what may, we hope that everyone will get safely through this pandemic.
Fortunately I have my camera and have developed a new practice that keeps me happy. Our cottage is surrounded by large trees and every day I sit at a different corner of our house. Sort of a physical "noughts and crosses game". Some days I get naught and other days I get a hit like today!
Note: Both spellings of "naught" and "nought" are correct as the one is British and the latter is American. Just a bit of wordplay here and take your pick.
The little bird here and flying in the first picture is only 113 centimeters in length. He was hunting flying Termites.
This photo was taken at about 40 meters!
Allow me to show you some action pictures first and then I will tell you what he is!
The sky was littered with the flying termites and earlier we had dozens of swallows that came for lunch!
Twice he came closer to take a quick seat among all of the action.
The flying photos were taken at about 150 metres on my zoom.
Here he sped off again and he decided to show me his moves in the sky.
A type of aerial modern dancing lol!
Wow! He certainly danced between the termites and no wonder that the word "Musci" which I term "Music" appears in his specie name.
Right, this guy is an African Dusky Flycatcher and you don't have to take my word for it. See below;
"The African dusky flycatcher, dusky-brown flycatcher or dusky alseonax (Muscicapa adusta), is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It is a resident breeder in Africa from Nigeria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Ethiopia south to South Africa. It is very common in its woodland habitat, which includes riverine forests, evergreen forest edges and clearings, especially near water bodies such as lakes, dams and streams, and well-wooded suburban gardens".
"The African dusky flycatcher is 13 cm long and weighs around 11 gm. Its upperparts are plain brown, with the only facial marking being an indistinct narrow eye-ring. The chin is plain pale grey, and the rest of the underparts are grey-brown with indistinct streaks. The short, straight, laterally flattened bill is black, the legs and feet are grey, and the eyes are brown. The sexes are similar, but the juvenile is spotted with buff above, and is whitish spotted with brown below".
Source
I could have used my own words here above in the sourced article, but I believe in verified information.
News! How do I know that they are flying termites?
In a future post I will show you two videos of the mounds that the termites build, and also how they are attacked by an army of little red ants.
And That's All Folks!
Note: All pictures are my own, unedited and only cropped for uploading purposes.
Camera used; Canon Powershot SX60HS, Fixed lens on Auto and Ultra Zoom.
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