Monday, March 10, 2014

A Couple of Bird Visitors


A couple of birds have been tapping at our window lately.  They're different from another bird visitor that I wrote about here.  

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So cute yah!  Cardinals?

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hungry birds;)

Anonymous said...

Aren't those Brazilian cardinals?

Erick said...

Never seen birds like this. I like their red eye highlights, cool!

Anonymous said...

Red Whiskered Bulbuls

Dd said...

wonder why they "tap" at your window ??

jalna said...

At least not Angry Birds, Anon. LOL. Get it? Angry Birds? Hahahaha . . . never mind . . .

Anon, looks like they're bulbuls. There's a neat video here of one chirping.

I like the red tuft too, Erick.

Thanks, Anon.

The window has reflective tint, Didi. They're tapping at the "intruder".

Nippon Nin said...

Awesome looking birds I think but they didn't like what they see? Nice photo opportunity you got.

Anonymous said...

Hungry angry birds??? ;)

jalna said...

Really neat, Akemi. They can't see me so I can get real close.

LOL, Anon!

Les said...

so cute, they should make friends with Kona so he won't be so lonely when you're at work...

jalna said...

I mentioned getting another dog to Wendell, Les. He didn't go for that idea.

Mokihana said...

They're tapping at your windows because they see their reflections. And they're saying, "Eh. U like beef?"

Seriously.

sduarte said...

Beautiful birds. They sing really well too.

jalna said...

Lol. Moki, and one is more aggressive than the other.

I listened to one in a video, Susie. Sounded pretty.

Mark Shelby said...

I remember our normal red cardinals. I have never seen one like this. Interesting. We had a bird feeder in our back yard on Diamond Head and the cardinals would always come around. And so many other species. It was always fun to watch.

Why were they taping on the window, somebody said? Jalna was making them hungry with ALL of her good cooking she always does! She is getting a reputation!.....hehe

Sometimes Jalna even makes my tap on my computer screen....! Like...OH! I Really want that!......LOL

jalna said...

I often wonder about the different birds I see here now, Mark. Maybe I wasn't so observant before, but I only remember cardinals, mynah birds, sparrows, pigeons and mejiros from before. I had a feeder. Neva work out. I wrote about it here .

Mark Shelby said...

Yes those were always the main birds we always saw Jalna. Now it seems there are many more new ones. Where did they come from? Pet stores? We even started to have a flock of parrots flying around Diamond Head at one point. I think somebody's bird pets are getting loose! We were even inundated with Parakeets at one point at our bird feeder! Not sure if I like this.
Kind of like Alligators where they don't belong!......hehe

jalna said...

Mark, I went to a bon dance across of Central Union Church a few years back. It was in the late afternoon when birds do all that chirping for some reason. Had choke green birds flying around by the church . . . maybe parakeets?

Mark Shelby said...

I used to go to that bon dance Jalna when I was one little Keiki! I think that bird pets have either been released or snuck out of their cage. Maybe people can't even afford to feed them anymore, but who knows. But I think that this is a major problem!

I do not think that non native birds should be allowed in OUR Hawai'i island home to be used as pets. This is disturbing, really!

Next thing you know....we will have pet alligators in our Ali Wai Canal! ;)

Carry on......!