Cape Weaver

No trip to the Addo Elephant National Park is complete without a trip to Domkrag Dam, where the Cape Weavers are regular visitors. It is so easy to look out for the big game and lose out on the pleasure of seeing the small birds and animals

Birding in the RSA - Cape Weaver

I've enjoyed wildlife for as long as I can remember, but more recently I have taken my interest one step forward and become a "birder". I am perhaps not a very serious one so there won't be many rare or shy birds appearing on this site, unless they come and pose right  in front of me. But still, whenever I get the opportunity to photograph birds I take the opportunity and snap away.

The series I am starting now is to post pictures of the birds I have photographed on trips around South Africa and those I have discovered living in the inner city of Port Elizabeth.

This Cape Weaver was very actively building nests at a campsite where we were staying at Matjiefontein, near Nieuwoudtville....the guy just never stopped.

Cape Weaver

Male Cape Weaver hoping for a handout at the Addo Elephant National Park.

Cape Weaver

This bird provides a good, but safe object lesson in why there is a rule at the game parks that say you must not feed the animalls. They become very demanding...........in fact they can become pests.  There is an advantage in that they come in quite close. Thankfully the Cape Weaver cannot take your arm off or overturn your car.