At the moment I'm looking after two "new" babies. The photo above is Cherpy, who might be a Black Headed Oriole and possibly about 6 to 7 weeks old. He was a survivor from the tree that feel on our communication tower in September. The photo below is Tinkie who is possibly an African Yellow White-eye and around 4 to 5 weeks old. Tinkie was left by one of the gardeners inside an empty whiskey carton with a note saying "Dear Sir/Madam, inside this there is a small bird". Both babies are doing well and flying around on my verandah when I let them out of their respective cages.I feed them with pro-nutro and a little boiled egg mashed up with the pro-nutro. Cherpy is very entertaining - he thinks he's an acrobat - hangs upside down and investigates and tries everything. He likes to eat fruit and had his first bath yesterday (inside his water bowl). I've also put some small sticks and blue bottle lids in the cage for him and he loves turning these over and carrying them around the cage. He has also started showing interest in ants. His behaviour is indicative of Oriole type activity so hopefully we're correct in assuming his identity. Tinkie is also starting to get more active around his cage. He likes pineapple but has not yet started eating it on his own - I must chew it a bit first and then feed it to him. The rims of his eyes are starting to colour white now so I'm sure he'll be all "white-eyed" in a few weeks' time. He is absolutely tiny - as adults they only grow to about 12cm. I'll keep you updated on their progress and whether our estimations of identities were correct.
My name is Elna Louw and I live in the middle of the African bush on a copper mine site in Lumwana, Zambia. My husband Pierre is the Finance Director for the project. We are South African and have been expating since 2000. Over the past 9 years we have lived in Tanzania, Australia and now Zambia. Before we left SA I was employed by Ernst & Young Johannesburg as a Project Manager. I loved my job but being out here in the middle of nowhere (or is it the centre of the universe) is fantastic. This blog is about my life here.
At the moment I'm looking after two "new" babies. The photo above is Cherpy, who might be a Black Headed Oriole and possibly about 6 to 7 weeks old. He was a survivor from the tree that feel on our communication tower in September. The photo below is Tinkie who is possibly an African Yellow White-eye and around 4 to 5 weeks old. Tinkie was left by one of the gardeners inside an empty whiskey carton with a note saying "Dear Sir/Madam, inside this there is a small bird". Both babies are doing well and flying around on 
my verandah when I let them out of their respective cages.
I feed them with pro-nutro and a little boiled egg mashed up with the pro-nutro. Cherpy is very entertaining - he thinks he's an acrobat - hangs upside down and investigates and tries everything. He likes to eat fruit and had his first bath yesterday (inside his water bowl). I've also put some small sticks and blue bottle lids in the cage for him and he loves turning these over and carrying them around the cage. He has also started showing interest in ants. His behaviour is indicative of Oriole type activity so hopefully we're correct in assuming his identity. Tinkie is also starting to get more active around his cage. He likes pineapple but has not yet started eating it on his own - I must chew it a bit first and then feed it to him. The rims of his eyes are starting to colour white now so I'm sure he'll be all "white-eyed" in a few weeks' time. He is absolutely tiny - as adults they only grow to about 12cm. I'll keep you updated on their progress and whether our estimations of identities were correct.
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