#pintailed whydah

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*tosses a pillow at you*

break time! 😌

see any neat birds lately? (feel free to infodump!)

I was thinking about it again so thank you 😂

... i dont think I mentioned the Pin Tailed Whydah story from recently? Or maybe I did but I trying to find an escaped dog that didnt have a collar its home with my fiance while waiting for a concert (got hella flea bit all over and it took an hour plus) and like literally 2 minutes before the owner came running up, a Pintailed Whydah male (not fully in mating plumage so its tail wasnt grown out to its iconic length) just flew down in front of me and drank water for like 2 minutes and flew off as the owner came up

And thats cool and all until you consider that

1) I had been hoping to see a Pintailed Whydah ever since I started birding cause they ARE in all the locations I bird at, but between three locations selected hoping for one and just two plus years of active birding, I had never seen one

2) Pintailed Whydahs are unironically probably in my Top 20 Bird species and one of the longest term favorite birds since I remember learning about it when we were like eight and Falling In Love with them

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Some birds

… as pictured by Herman van on during the past year.

[straightyuri]

Omg I keep forgetting to post this concept. Fairies based on brood parasites.

^ thought abt this cuz pintailed whydah makes me go this is a fairy + concept ties together with changelings very well

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This is her throne

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August 27, 2017 - Pin-tailed Whydah, Pintail Widowbird, King's Whydah, King of Six, or Pied Widowbird (Vidua macroura)

Found in much of sub-Saharan Africa, these whydahs have been introduced to parts of the Caribbean and possibly some parts of the United States. They eat small grass seeds and insects, such as flying termites. Nest parasites, they do not form monogamous pairs or build their own nests. Males perform display flights for females, hovering in the air while singing, then breeding with several females. Females also breed with multiple males and lay their eggs in the nests of several other species of birds, mostly estrildid finches. A female may lay more than 20 eggs in a single breeding season.

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What now?

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Female Pintail Whydah

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Female Pintailed Whydah

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Until this Friday

Good Morning in Napier, South Africa. Until Friday (30 December): CREATIVE NAPIER. 17 local artists present their work in home studios and venues throughout the village and Studio98 along the main road is in the middle of it. Daily from 10 to 4 (Photo: Pintailed Whydah in the courtyard of Studio98) #creativenapier #yvonnedewit #jewellerydesign #hermanvanbon #photographicart. 

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Avian performance for a photographer

Avian performance for a photographer

Not many birds with such an erratic air acrobatics as the Pintailed Whydah.

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Sky Ballet Performance

(Pintailed Whydah – Vidua macroura)

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Performance for a photographer

Performance for a photographer

(Pintailed Whydah in our courtyard in Napier, South Africa)

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Sky Ballet of a Pintailed Whydah

Sky Ballet of a Pintailed Whydah

Photo-Graphic by Herman van Bon Prints available at Studio98 in Napier, South Africa.

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Good Sunday Morning in the Overberg

Good Sunday Morning in the Overberg

Pintailed Whydah

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Sky Ballet for a photographer

Sky Ballet for a photographer

Sky Ballet Performance for a photographer by a Pintailed Whydah. (135mm lens; no cropping) In bird photography nothing is more challenging than picturing close-ups of erratic flying small birds.