The dam at the end of the Olive grove

is where the Red Bishops and a few Weaver live. They are tricky to spot, but a few are sitting high up towards the right.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh yes I see them!

[Babs]

You do so well to spot them in there

[Dione Giorgio]

I can see them - but only because you pointed them out. Lovely place; so close to humans and yet so far.

[Wylie]

Oh yes I see them too. Nice layering.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ooh yes as you have pointed them out !!

[Peter Dulis]

You are surrounded by such a beautiful country :)

[Beth]

So that is where you've been getting all those amazing bird pictues.

[Gosia]

Tell me about these houses, who lives there? Local farmers?

[Mags]

It's very nice to see where you captured all those lovely shots! =)

[katy]

Seeing this far out view makes it all the more impressive for all the fabulous photos that you have shown us

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture and very cool. I see them there.

[bkb in the city]

Very nice shot

[sarah]

Oh I see them ! Nice

[Nina Ganci]

super composition and layers
Lovely place you live in

[Lois]

Lovely- glad you pointed out the Red Bishops. I probably would've missed them camouflaged in the reeds.

[Pyrrhula]

Looks a nice place but so close to those houses. See them in the top of the reeds.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Those house have a great backyard!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Oh wow- I was thinking they were in an all natural habitat so it's really fun to see them nestling right below some homes! I love those little dots of orange among the reeds. It must really be fun to spot them. Do the Red Bishops "chirp" while they're in the reeds? When I have flocks of Goldfinches in my backyard it sounds like a pet shop with all the chirping going on- a fun sound! Thanks for the context-shot!

[Islandgirl]

Oh yes I see them!

[Milanie]

When I enlarged this you could see them perfectly. How neat!

[Shutterbug]

Hard to miss those vibrant colors.

[Rick]

Nice capture.

[Diana]

@koalagardens @onewing @sangwann @pusspup @beryl @pdulis @vernabeth @gosia @marlboromaam @grammyn @mittens @bkbinthecity @samae @ninaganci @loweygrace @pyrrhula @dutchothotmailcom @olivetreeann @radiogirl @milaniet @shutterbug49 @rickster549 Thanks for the lovely comments, they are very much appreciated. In case anyone would like to take a closer look to where we live, here you can check it out. dewijnlanden.co.za

[Diana]

@gosia Those houses belong to the residents here Gosia. We live on a private security estate where houses are either built around olive groves, open nature areas with dams or a vineyard. See the link above :-)

[Diana]

@pyrrhula There is quite a large space between the houses and dam, the angle just makes it look so close :-)

[Diana]

@olivetreeann It is like a pet shop Ann, they are quite a noisy bunch but it is a lovely sound. Mostly they are chasing each other and flitting around. I could sit there all day ;-)