Swee waxbills (Coccopygia melanotis) - birds designed to soften a hard heart.
When I heard their distinctive Swee! calls in the shrubs near my mother's tiny fountain, I went to fetch the camera: they were summoning up courage to gather and bathe.
(In the background is an indigenous peppermint pelargonium, wonderful for shady places, with velvet leaves and a piercing scent.)
So lovely! Thank you for this on this cold Monday morning.
ReplyDeleteOh just lovely!
ReplyDeleteI'm a bird lover, and these are some I've never seen before (living in Oklahoma). They are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBrenda