Those who attended our first ever club outing which was a walk around town, back in July last year will remember that the very first bird we saw was the female Amethyst Sunbird obligingly darting back into her nest high up in the tree in our ground. She was in and instantly sitting on her egg with her head and long bill clearly visable.
When the chick has fledged, the adults destroy the nest and the tree remains nestless for most of the year. I have been on the look out for nest building activity this year and check out the tree every couple of days. During the past week there was nothing and suddenly, yesterday, the 26th of June, a fully built nest was hanging on the exact same branch as last years. We had noticed the female stripping long bits of bark off the poles that surround our boma, exactly what they did last year, so that prompted us to have another look at the tree and voila! there is the nest, scraggily built with moss and spider webs to hold it together. We will keep a good eye on it and if anyone would like to have a look at this lovely little bird, please feel free to pop by anytime.
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