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A few days ago, we noticed a pair of collared sunbirds in and around our front yard. What we didn’t know is that they were about to build a nest, just 1 foot from our lounge window!! It’s been interesting to watch, as the female flies to and fro with bits of twigs, straw etc, the nest gradually taking form (meanwhile, the male seems to sit around on telephone lines watching!!!) Here are some shots we took. Unfortunately, as we have mosquito screening on all our windows, it’s hard to get a real crisp image, but these are the best shots so far:
For more info, visit the ‘Birds of Benin’ page by clicking on the title to the RHS of the site. Cheers!
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2 Comments posted on "Birds nesting in our front yard!!"
anne on October 16th, 2006 at 5:23 pm #
your birds obviously dont yet have the internet, as i recognise this behaviour. before internet, clive also used to sit around on the telephone wires, lucky we now have the internet as his balance is not what it used to be.anne
jack on October 20th, 2006 at 3:41 pm #
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