Morning in Kynsna

Wednesday, Oct 20  South Africa

We headed to Knysna for the day.

Very Quaint Little Bay Area

Again beautiful flowers and plants... I didn't have a book on trees and flowers, so I don't know the names of everything; but, it was Spring and everything was blooming!

This looks like "Red Hot Poker", but I also liked the bright brown grass blooms!

We saw several of these trees in bloom

This is close up of the blooms

Close up of bloom

I think this is some type of a geranium

Crepe's with an Ostrich filling, nice fresh salad and hot tea for brunch... it was yummy!

The restaurant had a Ziggy Wagtail that would come in and eat cheese from a plate they had set out for him and then he would fly back out.  

Employee told me this was a Ziggy Wagtail

They also had a pair of Zebra Doves that hung around.  Very pretty little bird.

While we ate, it was fun to watch this Spectacled Weaver steal strips of iris blades from the gardens to build his nest.

He came in to strip the blade from the Iris leaf

He's holding his newly stripped piece

Heading back to his nest

After returning home, I found this picture of the nest they build.
It is very intricately weaved with the opening usually in the bottom.

Again, here is a picture I found of finished nest.

We strolled along the water's edge and stopped to watch several people hand-line fishing from an old pier.  You could see the old railway tracks and a place to tie off ships, but it definitely is not being used now for any shipments.

The hand-line fishing they swing the hook and line above their head several times, then toss it into the water, and just pull it in as needed.  They were using prawns for bait.  Most said they were not having much luck, but a few of them had caught some kind of small silver fish.  They kept everything they caught.