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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sal" data-source="post: 1361192" data-attributes="member: 639">I can take the cold, but I must say, the lack of sun and those short days would do me in unless I knew I was coming back!Yes I hope you can make it in March, I know what its like to yearn for the next Kruger trip! Put it to yourself that you actually NEED it for health and sanity! Yes, a braai/birdwatching in Kruger on day would be great <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Those Pin-tails . . . . the ridiculous thing is that when they are not in breeding plumage they are quiet inoffensive,mild-mannered  drab little brown birds, almost indistinguishable from the females. Then suddenly they become these arrogant, aggressive, extremely noisy tyrants for a few glorious weeks! I would imagine that there are no seed-eaters that could stand up to them, I have yet to see anything get the better of them, but maybe someone else has? Would be interesting to hear about.  They not only go for the seed-eaters, but any other birds in the vicinity, presumably seeing them as contesters for their territory.They even see off the Indian Mynahs which are extremely aggressive and peck viciously!</blockquote>