My OC Cape Robin (Cossypha caffra) – keeping an eye on me while I fill up the feed tables I still have not been able to capture ...

A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.  - Bret Harte  South Africa is famous for its sunshine. A subt...

Olea Europaea subsp. africana Wild Olive / Olienhout, Swartolienhout, Olyfboom   Tswana: Motlhware  (SA National Tree number ...

:: beauty is as simple as the morning after a night filled with rain :: The first drops of rain always bring a smile to our faces...

:: Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she...

::  always pick up the feather lying in your path :: Well, I've had a slight internet break, touched the stars and watched Spr...

The answer usually given to this question is, "not very". The hedgehog is a primitive animal; its brain and the rest of its anatom...

May all seasons be sweet to thee...  A few weeks ago, we had what I call a "false" spring - green buds on the Celtis africa...

The Helmeted Guinea Fowl is an African family of insect and seed-eating, ground-nesting birds resembling partridges, but with featherle...

Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment.   - Ellis Peters  Don't ask me where I was on the first of August (...