pic by Prabhatgupta at Wikimedia Commons
A few weeks ago our area was swamped with twitchers because
there had been a sighting of a South African hoopoe nearby. I kept my eyes open
but didn’t get a glimpse myself. But this morning when I took Jade to our
deserted park, there it was strutting around under the trees and every so often
dipping its head to forage for some morsel it fancied. At first Jade saw it too
and moved towards it so that it flew off. I thought that was that, then we came
round an evergreen and there it was again, this time in the open ground about
10 feet away, giving me a great view of its ruff and striped wings. I stood and
watched it for about 5 minutes before we continued our morning stroll.
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