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Bronze Sunbird Nesting

Written by Marcell Claassen

Saturday, 06 June 2009

A pair of Bronze Sunbirds Nectarinia kilimensis are in the process building their nest in my garden. This is the second pair to do so with the first pair having had a nest last year in the same tree but then 'relocating' to another tree about 80m further after a storm destroyed their nest. The latter pair seem to now have established the new tree as their nesting tree and have had at least one succesful fledgling from there.

The female of the 'new' pair may actually be the offspring of the other pair as I have photos where the female is feeding an immature female (still showing the brighter yellow gape of a fledged youngster).

Bronze Sunbird male

Bronze Sunbird female

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» 5 Comments

1Comment
at Saturday, 06 June 2009 20:05by Jay

how lucky you are to witness this! can't wait to see the follow up pix ;-)

2Comment
at Saturday, 06 June 2009 21:32by Charlie

Thx MC, waiting patiently for the ofspring to make their appearance here! :))

3Comment
at Sunday, 07 June 2009 10:13by MarcellC

Oh yes, I never get bored with watching them even though I see them all day and this nest is about 20m from my front door (actually I can see it from my office window). Will definitely be keeping an eye out for more activity and the youngster(s) - hopefully more than one although in the past with the other pair I have only seen one youngster post breeding.

4Comment
at Monday, 08 June 2009 06:49by wildtuinman

Very nice!

Also reminds me. Now is the time for sunbird photography here in our area.

5Comment
at Monday, 08 June 2009 08:53by Laine

Nice one Marcell!!!!

how exciting for you..

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