This Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea), or Rock Pigeon was making the most of the sunshine and the view looking out over Cape Town from the top of Table Mountain.

Canon 40D, Sigma 50-500mm lens

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The Speckled Pigeon or Rock Pigeon (Columba guinea) is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in much of Africa south of the Sahara. It is a common and widespread species in open habitats over a good deal of its range, although there are sizeable gaps in its distribution.

This species builds a large stick nest in a tree and lays two white eggs. Its flight is quick, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general.

This is a large pigeon at 41 cm in length. Its back and wings are rufous, the latter heavily speckled with white spots. The rest of the upperparts and underparts are blue-grey, and the head is grey with red patches around the eye. The neck is brownish, streaked with white, and the legs are red. The call is a loud doo-doo-doo

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speckled_Pigeon)