Black-headed weaver, Tanzania, January 2018
And some music to get you into the upside down mood:
And to learn more about the black-headed weaver, pope over to Becky in Portugal
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 4 January 2021
Posted as part of Becky’s January SquareUp
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Travel with Intent 
awww you have linked to my post – thank you 🙂
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Now Tanzania would be an interesting place to explore. The colour is exquisite.
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What a bright beauty!
janet
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You don’t post many bird photos 🙂 🙂 Diana Ross was a smashing bird!
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That is a great photo. I’ve always loved that song too! 😀
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Lovely capture and the colour is uplifting.
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Lovely shot!
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In the mood now. Thanks for waking me up.
Have a feeling I’m going to have a topsy turvy day.
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I don’t know many bird names but the black headed weaver birds are amongst the ones I know – they abound in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. They are beautiful, gregarious and so easy to observe (even for non-birders like me) if one has found a tree where they are building nests. But what I like best about them is that the male builds the nest on his own, it’s part of his courtship ritual and he is in competition with the other males. His chosen mate then comes and inspects the propsed living quarters and if she doesn’t like it she rips it to pieces. And he has to start all over again … (I’m sure that most of you know this but I thought I mention it anyway).
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Beautiful bird and great shot! Would love to add this one to my life list. 🙂
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Ahh. Amazing photos of these birds.
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Wonderful Weaver and a song as well Debbie. 🙂 🙂
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🙂
I suppose I should have had the weaver singing really. But I didn’t know it was a weaver.
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That’s getting quite specific
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I do love a bit of Diana Ross
Great song
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Full marks to Becky. I didn’t know what it was.
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Same here. I am pretty useless at naming birds. And trees. And flowers. And …… I could go on
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its only because we see them in the Algarve and they shouldn’t really be there! Show me a wader or three and I will probably not have a clue
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oh i love these black-headed weavers – some of them have taken up residence in the Algarve, a bit like the parakeets in London.
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Oh, thanks Becky. I didn’t know what it was. Pretty Yellow was my name for it! And lucky Algarve.
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Pretty yellow is a much better name 🙂 here’s my post if you want to know more about them https://beckyinportugal.com/2016/06/14/getting-to-know-one-of-the-algarves-exotic-residents/
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I’ve decided I prefer the Portuguese name. And that was an interesting post. Acrobatics and DIY pride seem to run in the family.
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So glad you enjoyed, and yes the Portuguese name is rather lovely isn’t it 🙂
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