Birds at the verandah

The Verandah is a very nice garden cafe which does good food and has a well-planted garden for watching birds. I spent Moi Day (10^th Oct) there in a very relaxed fashion. Some I can identify, the red-billed firefinches are fairly easy and the Bronze Mannikins are OK but others are harder. The black one with a few white/pink ruffled feathers may be an Indigo Bird, but which species? Having 3 books may be helpful but is apt to confuse! It doesn’t help that the names have changed over the years (did anyone tell the birds?). The Dark-capped Bulbul may also be known as the Black-eyed Bulbul but used to be known as the Yellow-vented Bulbul and had a different Latin name too. (Either way, you can tell which it is in the photos). The one that was surprised when it got out of the bath is the self same (choose a name) Bulbul. <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>>