His Master's Noise.

Some of you will remember the name, His Master's Voice, a record producing company years ago. Well, somehow the title of this post is apt, as whenever I played my records, my mother would complain about the noise.
Now I will show you a real noisy bugger.

The Pied Crow was so determined to promote the ownership of his territory, that I am sure even the mayor of the Cape Town city, far away could hear him :)

I often include some humor in my posts, as I am determined to enjoy what I am doing. Now I know not everyone is humorous, but to me it is an essential part of life. I know that not many people are fond of crows, but let me tell you that they are reckoned as the most intelligent of the bird world. What I like to see is that when the very strong winds are up, the crows love it and they go up to play in the strong air currents.
Crows are also the main watchmen of the bird communities. Whenever there are dangerous predators around, the crows will not hesitate to attack the predator and to escort it away.

At the top of his castle screaming at the world to hear him.

His wife took off here, and I am sure that she was on her way to the chemist to buy some earplugs :)

He also took off and look at that! I got him on my camera in my one hand and my coffee mug in the other hand.

Masters of the wind, and it helped him here to scream and to shout in another direction for all to hear.

Did I tell you that this guy is a noisy bugger? He carried on like this for about half an hour, and I'm sure that even the crickets know that it is his territory.

Something else crossed way up in the sky over the noisy scenes below.

A small family of Sacred Ibis birds came over.

A lovely one, two, three stack in synchronized flight.

There was another pair, and I loved how the sun lit up their wings.

And finally, the ultimate, as here they are in a full flying formation. The ex-leader is at the top and will fall back to join the line again.

Obviously, the small family of Ibis birds was on the way to join this final gathering, and the whole flock decided to go to the local estuary where we find the flamingos at times. Now on the same subject, the flamingos have not arrived yet, but it should be very soon. And something for us to look forward to again, as the lake is full of water. After the recent storms, all of our dams in the area are full, and the wildlife will be in abundance again at the dams. Early summer has changed a little bit over here, as we have two hot days and then two winter days in succession with some rain thrown in. I know it sounds confusing, but I can tell you that everybody here is confused about the new weather patterns.
Such is life.

I hope you have enjoyed the story and the pictures.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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