Barbets are related to woodpeckers (or so says my bird book). There are 10 kinds of barbets in South Africa and 4 in Johannesburg. My favourite is the crested barbet who is actually not a very elegant bird. In a way it is so weird/ugly that it is cute. My landlady calls them "the tutti fruity birds" because of their colouring which is a bit all over the place. There is a spot at the top of the hill where I often see them but they are not easy to photograph. This is the best I could do.
i do realize that they are not great photos but I have been trying for days to photograph those guys and today is the first day I even came close. I have a regular (and somewhat old) digital camera ...which, to me seems to be taking photos which are more and more faded...especially as far as blues are concerned.
It's so hard to get good photos of birds with a plain old camera. Oh well.
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