Category Archives: Birds

Geese in Hieroglypics or Camouflage

Posted on October 25, 2019 by colonialist

During a visit to Durban Botanic Gardens today, this family of Egyptian Geese wandered up almost underfoot. I have had to sharpen the picture for the goslings to stand out a bit — they are well camouflaged. It is good … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Birds, Colonialist, Galas, Personal Journal | Tagged Colonialist, Durban Botanic Garden, Egyptian Geese and Goslings, Going Backward on Nature Teaching | 5 Comments

Seagull Rescue to C.R.O.W. about.

Posted on July 28, 2019 by colonialist

After many hassles to get the file up and going, I was just about to start an edit, in favour of which I had declined a visit to the beach, when the beach party returned with a Kelp Seagull that … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Birds, Colonialist, Nature, Personal Journal | Tagged Colonailist, Interrupted Edits, Tangled Kelp Seagull. | 9 Comments

Registering Attendance

Posted on June 6, 2019 by colonialist

One discussion by the Hort. Soc. Board, Joined by Oscar; not untoward; All decisions made will need His opinion one should heed. Two hungry ibis standing on a wall, To be fed have made a call, Knock on door till … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Birds, Cats, Gardens, Horticulture, Humour, Personal Journal, pets, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged Cat Advice, Coloonialist, Durban and Coast Horticultural Society Board Meeting, Hadeda ibis, Really Awful Rhyme | 5 Comments

Tree Him Endous Nursery Visity

Posted on May 19, 2019 by colonialist

Highlights of today were a spot of chainsawing and another visit to one of the best nurseries in the vicinity of Durban, at Illovo. It also features a river with hungry fish, a secondhand bookstore, craft shops, a pet shop, … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Birds, Excursions, Grandchildren, Personal Journal | Tagged Colonialist, Hill Mynahs, Illovo Nursery, zipline. | 3 Comments

A Legacy of Idiocy

Posted on May 2, 2019 by colonialist

On our latest visit to the Royal Natal Yacht Club I was reminded of the steady conversion of the now hated legacy of Colonialism into a new legacy of foolhardiness, short-sightedness and ineptitude by the present regime. The monument to … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Beach, Birds, Colonialist, Current Affairs | Tagged Colonialist, Mismanagement of Flood Plains, Moving Monuments, Pollution | 17 Comments

Int…er…mit…te…nt Int…er…n…et.

Posted on March 28, 2019 by colonialist

My internet is on the blink — The signal comes and goes; It comes when I’m away, I think, The way my ‘Inbox’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Birds, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged Colonialist, Owl Picture, sporadic internet. | 18 Comments

SUNDAY FUNDAY

Posted on March 4, 2019 by colonialist

I was completing the job referred to in the previous post when I received an order from the grandkids to join them on an outing to Illovo Nursery on the South Coast. We haven’t been there for a while, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Birds, Excursions, Gardens, Grandchildren, Personal Journal | Tagged Colonialist, Fish doing scooping, Illovo Nursery, Permanent Drinking Straws | 18 Comments

Entertaining Creatures at Chantecler

Posted on December 31, 2018 by colonialist

Yesterday we all went to provide entertainment for the fish, buck and peacocks to be found at Chantecler Hotel in Drummond, some forty minutes or so from home. It is not cler . . . er, clear . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Birds, Grandchildren, Nature, Personal Journal, Photography, Wanders, Wildlife | Tagged Chanticler Hotel, Colonialist, Eating out and Game Viewing | 26 Comments

JUST FOR EMUS MEANT

Posted on November 6, 2018 by colonialist

An emu’s sing thing — 🙂 Do emus sing? No, for a lark They grunt and bark!* And that would bring Lark to take wing! Where take it to? Maybe a zoo, For zoo can do With new wing or … Continue reading →