Injisuthi - Part 1 (Sunbirds)

This is not exactly Johannesburg, but i thought I'd writeup a short post on a recent camping trip to Injisuthi in the northern KZN Drakensburg. This area forms part of the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg National Park and is one of my favourite regions in South Africa. The birdlife is fantastic - in fact I will need several posts to cover all the wonderful sightings. We were lucky enough to have a large stand of wild dagga plants growing around our campsite with an attendant mail Malachite Sunbird in residence perch on a prominent:



Although he was really beautiful and a pleasure to have around, he was unfortunately really aggressive towards the other sunbirds in the area. I was particularly keen to get a pic of the stunnning Double-Collared sunbird - but Mr Malachite would chase him off the second he landed which made for tricky photograpy. However after much perseverance I managed this picture:



There was also this beautiful bird which at first i thought was another color phase of the Malachite ... but judging by the long tail might actually be a Sugar Bird? Perhaps Gurney's Sugar Bird?: