Vik's Gallery:   Olive-backed Sunbird (2/5)

PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Nectarinia jugularis  

A female Olive-backed Sunbird building her huge nest (relative to her anyway).

Perhaps the male helps but I didn't see him pitching in.

I did observe him call the female away from her manual labour on one occasion to where he was perched in a shady bush but the observed purpose was to help ensure that she would need a nest.

With no time for a post-coital cigarette, she immediately returned alone to her construction tasks.