This little Chestnut-Vented Warbler came to welcome us to Lilydale’s Chalet 1 immediately on our arrival – Hannes and I hadn’t even unpacked the car yet! Invariably it would appear in a flash every time we stepped outside. So habituated was it that it would peck crumbs from beneath our hands where we sat eating sandwiches on the deck outside the chalet, offering wonderful opportunities for up-close views of a bird species that is notoriously frustrating to photograph because it never sits still!
This little Chestnut-vented Warbler was a frequent visitor to the deck in front of our chalet at Lilydale in the Mokala National Park
This little Chestnut-vented Warbler was a frequent visitor to the deck in front of our chalet at Lilydale in the Mokala National Park
This little Chestnut-vented Warbler was a frequent visitor to the deck in front of our chalet at Lilydale in the Mokala National Park
This little Chestnut-vented Warbler was a frequent visitor to the deck in front of our chalet at Lilydale in the Mokala National Park
This little Chestnut-vented Warbler was a frequent visitor to the deck in front of our chalet at Lilydale in the Mokala National Park
This little Chestnut-vented Warbler was a frequent visitor to the deck in front of our chalet at Lilydale in the Mokala National Park
This little Chestnut-vented Warbler was a frequent visitor to the deck in front of our chalet at Lilydale in the Mokala National Park
We’ll soon be announcing a very exciting spring-time tour to the Mokala National Park – do keep an eye on DeWetsWild’s facebook page so that you don’t miss out!
DeWetsWild 
💙💙🐦
Cheeky-looking little cutie. Just FYI, some reason your paragraph about it shows up before every photo, at least when viewing the post on my phone.
Thanks for the heads-up, Janet. I checked the post in my editor and don’t see anything wrong, so I am holding thumbs the WordPress engineers figure it out before I lose my blogging friends!
Maybe it was just because I was on my phone but I’ve not seen that before in any other posts. WP can be strange.
Te dierbaar vir woorde. Bly jul kon die outjie mooi vasvang!
Ek was ook vinnig ingenome met hierdie klein parmant!
Jy was beslis blitsig. Ons ou fantail is ook so outjie wat tot by jou sal kom muggies vang, stilsit? Aikona.
Daar moet vreeslik baie energie in die goggatjies wat hulle eet wees!
Seker soos die suiker wat klein kindertjies hyperaktief maak voor hul moet gaan slaap.
Super images Dries, how nice to have such a lovely model!
Thanks, Brian. These guys don’t always play along.
Op jou foto’s lyk dit sommer soos ‘n besige klein voëltjie! En darem ook so effe gekleur hier aan die onderkant – glad nie te lelik nie 🙂.
Regtig n ou dingetjie waarvan mens sommer vinnig begin hou!