Always something going on, I never think of protection in the garden with snakes normally watch where I walk and put my hands.
First time I have seen this spider, don't usually touch, except in this case now picking up the spider thinking it was dental floss I had twisted up to throw in the bin reminder to self, wear you glasses.
Pin-tailed whydah is sub-Saharan Africa little song bird, he dresses up and takes over the garden chasing everything away during mating season. We see them in different parts of the country, this is the first couple of years I have had him ruling my garden during courtship season.
Africa boasts a good variety of long-tailed birds, widow bird species, whydah birds, wood hoopoes, mousebirds, sugarbirds one never knows where or when you may see them.
!BEER for our summer heat!
Thank you the cool beer is most refreshing at the end of an extra hot day.
Does the Pin-tailed whydah sing during this mating season?
And yes, wearing glasses is always a good idea but I put them down when thinking of something and forget where they are, which means there is a time wasted looking for them, damn😊
Pin-tail has a cheeky chirp throughout the mating season, we hear him from sunrise to sunset, he really has stamina!
Glasses hang around my neck all day, night time I never wear them, not working on the computer or camera normally, was very excited to learn from fellow SA that this is a rare sighting.
I have heard and seen videos on this type of spider in Australia, look out and you may have luck seeing one over there.