Urban wildlife, again
More morning urban wildlife of Honolulu:
Kolea: 1
Chicken: 1
Brazilian cardinal: 1
Fairy terns: half a dozen
Sparrows: lots
Mynah birds: lots
Zebra doves: lots
Spotted doves: lots
And another thing: what’s that little brown finch, the one with the red beak? I see whole flocks of ‘em in the grass sometimes. Googling around, I think they might be orange-cheeked waxbills but I’m not sure.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
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.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
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.
June 5th, 2006 at 8:33 am
On extended consideration, I suspect the little red-beaked finches I’m seeing are exactly that — house finches.