I know that in some people’s eyes, grabbing a shot of a bird on a bird table – especially one attracted there by the magnificence of a stale Ouma’s buttermilk rusk – doesn’t “count” as a real photo.
And yes, I completely get it. I even agree.
But there is still space for images of birds on bird tables, especially ones like this vociferous fellow, who you can hear everywhere in the cottage garden, and who is all about the stripes and the spots and the colour, but is also hugely elusive, so I’ll take this “cheat” shot for now.
He’s an Acacia Pied Barbet (Acacia didn’t know, lol). Says my bird app:
The diet of the acacia pied barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas) species consists of fruit from different trees like phoenix reclinata trees, ficus and rhus trees, nectar from aloes, and insects.
And expired rusks.