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cape white-eye

  1. Cape white-eye

    Cape white-eye

    a common bird here, especially visible in small groups in Springtime when there's lots of fruits and nectar about
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  2. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

    White-eyes have been placed in the Babbler family (Timaliidae) but have recently been restored to their own family, the Zosteropidae. This South African endemic was formerly lumped with Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus) but now split based on molecular research by Oatley et. al...
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  3. Cape White-Eye

    Cape White-Eye

    no shortage of nectar for these frequent fliers at Kirstenbosch gardens
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  4. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

    in Spring (ie Northern hemisphere autumn) at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town under a beautiful Weeping Boer-Bean tree (weeps copious amounts of nectar) you are bound to see Cape White-eyes, sunbirds and red-winged starlings etc. This is the ssp sundevalli; there are 6 despite its...
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  5. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

    This tiny bird was difficult to photograph as they scuttle about inside vegetation beneath leaves and scarcely appear in the lens.
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  6. Cape White-eye (Zosterops pallidus)

    Cape White-eye (Zosterops pallidus)

    2X Cape White-eye (Zosterops pallidus) feeding on sweet Rooibos tea a number of these little fellows visit this feeder numerous times a day. The males seem to dominate the feeder. Also notice the Cape White-eye eating from the feeder with wild bird seeds.
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  7. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  8. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

    Spirited & always on the move.
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  9. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  10. Cape White-Eye

    Cape White-Eye

    Took this picture in my parents garden in Johannesburg in a flowering cats-whiskers bush.
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  11. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  12. Cape White-eye - (Another Pose)

    Cape White-eye - (Another Pose)

    Unfortunately I did not get the top of the aloe in the photo, so the composition is not quite as I would have liked, but I liked the pose.
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  13. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

    Another species enjoying feeding off the flowering aloes. The taxonomic treatment of these birds is not without controversy. On range this is most likely race sundevalli of pallidus (ranging in Gauteng).
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  14. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  15. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  16. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  17. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  18. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  19. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  20. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  21. Cape white-eye

    Cape white-eye

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  22. Cape White-eyes

    Cape White-eyes

    These two were at Suikerbosrand - a highveld reserve outside Jo'burg that has som ereally great birds. Cape White-eyes are pretty common, but can be pretty hard to photograph as they rarely stay still long enough to focus on... (I've lots more photos online at http://www.charliesbirdblog.com)
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  23. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  24. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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  25. Cape White-eye

    Cape White-eye

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