When Bigger Picture Holds You Spellbound
When movement happens in a tree, you not sure what you looking at, try utmost hone in on your skills, zoom is required. Flaming movement, sit still I need better look, ready aim click still not totally sure what you capturing on other end of lens.
First sighting only one photo good enough when uploaded to the computer, now I could see you not a regular! Out comes the books to research, yes old fashioned I love opening a book playing the guessing game...
Although we don't see many pigeons, especially cities referring them to flying rats the last thing on my mind was a pigeon, we have many doves.
African Green Pigeon (Treron calvus) has what appears to be the cutest yellow 'leg-ins' with bright pink/red beak and feet. Green plumage makes for great camouflage the ones I saw with bright blue eyes.
Could not contain my excitement when I first saw the bird albeit a difficult photo to capture, a couple of months later I saw them again this time further distance sitting on top of a tree, talk about excitement levels when we witness a new bird in town.
For more info and mapping of where found: https://ebird.org/species/afrgrp1?siteLanguage=en_ZA
A plump pigeon with green wings and back, dull burgundy shoulders, and a whitish bill with a red base. It prefers forest and thicker woodland, where nomadic groups congregate in fruiting trees, especially figs. They clamber around clumsily like parrots but can remain well hidden. When disturbed, they explode from a tree and fly quickly and directly. Often detected by their amusing song, which includes whinnies, clicks, whistles, cackles, and growls.
Look forward to seeing them again hopefully better sightings knowing more about their love of ripe fig trees and how fast the move around, will be on the look-out. Another intelligent bird, as are many pigeons have excellent sight and hearing, delighted to see.
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