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19-08-2008
The daisies are blooming on the field behind our house. There seem to be quite a lot of them. I want to go and check on Rietvlei to see if their removal of all the trees resulted in the expected fynbos paradise.
So it is official. The fynbos regards Aug. 19 as the first day of spring this year.
My mask weaver, in our front garden, has three females in nests. This morning I heard the sound of baby birds coming from one of them.
Yes Spring starts on Aug. 19 in Cape Town from now on.
20-08-2008
My garden
One of the Weaver chicks emerged from the nest this afternoon. I saw its mother feeding it while it sat on the edge of the feeder flapping its wings. It is a nice big fat chick; we must have put enough food out. I must admit the sounds coming from the nests when it is full of chicks always spurs me on to put a bit of extra whole wheat bread out a bit more frequently. I must do this quietly; because my husband say it is not fair to spoil the birds. I just can’t help feeling motherly towards them.
Even the female looks well fed, not as thin as one would expect a bird that spent the last few weeks sitting in the nest.
It is a lovely sunny (spring-August) day here in Cape Town.
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19-08-2008
The daisies are blooming on the field behind our house. There seem to be quite a lot of them. I want to go and check on Rietvlei to see if their removal of all the trees resulted in the expected fynbos paradise.
So it is official. The fynbos regards Aug. 19 as the first day of spring this year.
My mask weaver, in our front garden, has three females in nests. This morning I heard the sound of baby birds coming from one of them.
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