Chaos ensues when too many birds try and land on the same tree stump, at Grootkolk in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The last image shows all the birds leaving.
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Too much chaos and everybody leaves. ©WMB/notesfromafrica.wordpress.com
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Definite chaos!
These are some of the busiest and noisiest birds I’ve come across. Very useful for letting one know if there is a predator or snake close by though.
Oh what fun photos! Living semi-rurally amongst a lot of trees I see this in a noisier fashion almost every day. We have huge flocks of large white sulphur-crested cockatoos, heavy and screeching, who all seem to want to land on the weaker top branches of many a eucalypt: oh the fights, and they also leave still arguing 🙂 ! Beautiful photo series . . .
Thanks Eha! These birds are sociable weaver birds and as the name implies they are a noisy bunch too! 🙂 If you want to see how they behave up close see this post: https://southerncape.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/frenzy-at-the-water-hole-includes-the-movie/
Ha, ha. A tree with birds for leaves. Wonderful!
Yes, you’re right! 🙂
Definite chaos! Do you know what species of bird this was?
They are sociable weaver birds which live in large colonies (see photos of huge nests here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociable_weaver). Everything they do is very chaotic and noisy.
Oh, yes! I’ve read about them. They build incredible nests! Fascinating.