Little noisy hatchling

We often drive past this Wild Seringa tree and have often wondered which birdie have or will nest there. Then on Friday we saw that the nest was active..

...only after we heard that a noise came from the nest.

picture below show the secretion at the nests opening.

Some birdie inside was hungry and needed to let someone know.

 

A tiny little hatchling was looking back at us.

..still not sure what it was.... we waited

We did not have to wait for too long...

 

We noticed two adult Woodlands Kingfishers one in a tree adjacent to the Wild Seringa and another on the Eskom wire on the other side of us... each with an insect in its beak.

The little birdie was calling again, sitting, peeping and waiting

One of the adults dived down to feed their chick.

Satisfied for a minute gulping the insect

We had to leave the sighting but  were fortunate to get some pictures and hope to get back to watch that little Kingfisher leave the nest.

Halcyon senegalensis (Woodland kingfisher) 

Bosveldvisvanger [Afrikaans]; iNkotha (also applied to Little bee-eater), uNongozolo [Zulu]; Muningi (generic term for kingfisher) [Kwangali]; Tshololwana (generic term for kingfisher) [Tsonga];

 

The Woodland kingfisher is common across sub-Saharan Africa, occupying a wide variety of woodland and savanna habitats. It is quite an adaptable hunter, feeding mainly insects but also small vertebrates, such as fish, snakes and even other birds! It is an intra-African migrant, arriving in southern Africa around September-December, breeding then leaving for Central Africa around March-April.

 

It usually nests in tree cavities, either natural or excavated by barbets or woodpeckers, laying 2-4 eggs incubated by both sexes. The chicks grow rapidly, cared for by both parents, leaving the nest at about 18-24 days old. They remain dependent on their parents for about 5 more weeks after fledging, after which they usually disperse. (Source : biodiversity explorer)