http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/06/urban-wildlife-again/ Life in Honolulu: it's not all pineapples and mai tais. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/06/urban-wildlife-again/#comment-822 Eric Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:33:55 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/06/urban-wildlife-again/#comment-822 On extended consideration, I suspect the little red-beaked finches I'm seeing are exactly that -- house finches. On extended consideration, I suspect the little red-beaked finches I’m seeing are exactly that — house finches.

]]> http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/06/urban-wildlife-again/#comment-314 Eric Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:58:55 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/06/urban-wildlife-again/#comment-314 Since you mentioned it, I went and googled them just now and was amused to find out that I have been using the old-fashioned names for the Brazilian cardinal, a.k.a. the red-crested cardinal, and the fairy tern, a.k.a. the white tern. <a href="http://explorebiodiversity.com/Hawaii/BIRDS/AboutPages/indentification.htm">Here's</a> a useful summary page for the common birds of Honolulu. Since you mentioned it, I went and googled them just now and was amused to find out that I have been using the old-fashioned names for the Brazilian cardinal, a.k.a. the red-crested cardinal, and the fairy tern, a.k.a. the white tern. Here’s a useful summary page for the common birds of Honolulu.

]]> http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/06/urban-wildlife-again/#comment-313 Ji-in Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:42:09 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/02/06/urban-wildlife-again/#comment-313 I Googled all the birds you tallied (except for chickens and sparrows, of course, for, um, obvious reasons), and I'm so glad I finally learned the names for several of the little feathered friends that I see all the time but never knew their proper names. Especially the kolea, which I see all the time and can't help but laugh at their gangly legs, like they're walking on stilts. I Googled all the birds you tallied (except for chickens and sparrows, of course, for, um, obvious reasons), and I’m so glad I finally learned the names for several of the little feathered friends that I see all the time but never knew their proper names. Especially the kolea, which I see all the time and can’t help but laugh at their gangly legs, like they’re walking on stilts.

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