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More of weird Courting Behavior

For us we see this often but many folks don’t get to see a Baby Bird getting fed by it’s parent Here ya go enjoy

This Northern Cardinal is Momma2 one of the closest to our hearts next to her own Mother the story is long but she is the reason we started actually paying attention to the Birds around us on her 1st day of flight she got stuck overnight in a potted Hibiscus plant and we weren’t sure what to do but she made it thru the night the rest is history

Acrobatic fast and super hyper i nickname these guys Punk Rockers these birds have the most beautiful voice so crisp clear and loud their songs are stunning and they love almost all sweet fruits many of these were brought to our yard as babies by their parents to teach them to forage easy to reach fruits and they keep coming back for more

This gal has only recently started coming to our seed bowls she seems nervous that Momma2 or Daddy Northern Cardinal may run her off but my god her crown and wings have beautiful red highlights we really feel blessed to have these birds visit us

Just a few hours ago we thought this little guy or gal was going to not make it there were no parents feeding this baby and he was trying to eat but we had run out of grapes so I had a nice mango that was meant for me but I couldn’t bear to see this baby not get enough he was almost at a point of not being able to stand properly well I put out my treat and then his parents showed up and fed him the transformation took 10-15 minutes but my god he’s doing ok now. In reading on how to care for these birds as youngsters they have to eat often so my wife was right he needed a meal and right away the babies of all the animal kingdom are cute and I can’t stand seeing any suffering so glad he/she is in good shape certainly worth the cost of my Mango to see the little bird get strength back after I made a run to Sams Club and got several boxes of grapes. Grapes are not grown on Oahu so when I first started trying different fruits no birds started trying them now in my little neighborhood so many of the bird species watch and wait for me to wire tie the grapes to our plants the Mynahs that don’t seem to partake often of any fruits go bananas over them they get so excited when I get home from work and start placing them in the plants on YouTube there’s a Mynah named Kaleo that talks to the lady that raised him take a watch and you’ll get a feel for just how smart birds are the Northern Cardinals are the next on the intelligence list while they don’t have the vocabularyWOW are they smart I’d have never learned if not for a Baby Cardinal getting stuck overnight on the same Hibiscus plant I attach the grapes to that little baby bird got us to start enjoying the feathered friends around us and she comes to visit us still to this day although she has to sneak into our yard because of their territory behavior:-)

Here’s Momma2 and Daddy at a rare moment when they eat together the above are the pet names we have for our feathered friends

Time to have dinner of Seeds and Grapes our Feathered Friends

#BackYardBirdsHawaii in this Video is Momma2 the Female Northern Cardinal and “Babies” our Saffron Finch couple the Saffron’s are rarely alone and are almost always together these 2 are such sweet little feathered friends they call us with short chirps when they would like me to put out the seed bowls we put the bowls away due to the Doves that I’ve named “Dumb Birds” since they make a huge mess and eat everything in sight super fast it’s late evening and this is their last dinner then it’s off to Birdy Bedtime Babies live appx 150 yards away and Momma2 lived appx 25’ away from where the bowls are in this video these are the favored birds in our Backyard

I moved the seed bowls a bit further away so Momma Saffron Finch would feel more comfortable bringing her offspring to the seed bowls and boom she flew over to their tree and got her babies to follow her to our Bowls I did yell at a “Dumb Bird” to get out these are the Doves or Pigeons they are such pigs and I’d prefer not to clean up after them plus they empty a bowl full of seeds in no time at all our feeding style has evolved into the current way we are feeding our favorite feathered friends not to mention the Doves are really really dumb to boot :-)

A short video of a few Red Whiskered Bulbul’s these guys are really hyper and absolutely love the Grapes the best part of them visiting our yard is their beautiful song and voice while not a large bird they have a Huge Voice that is just so smooth one day I’ll catch them singing when I have me phone available I miss recording so many unique circumstances due to not having a recording device handy

A Stunning Northern Cardinal Female one of our Back Yard Birds on the Island of Oahu Hawaii

Our Favorite Female Northern Cardinal Momma2 her mother is really our fav but when her husband passed away her new mate took her away what an experience that was she was so sad that she was moving then one of her Babies (Momma2) had her 1st offspring in the very same tree that she was born in and took over our yard

The Canaries are almost inseparable and they are the cutest couple we have ever seen. So sweet!

Such super cool birds so smart

I am guessing she’s the female as she’s the bigger of the pair and I’ve read the females are typically larger to sit on the eggs this gal is still getting used to us even though as a teenager (when their crest is Brown) she was not scared of anything it’s strange how their personality changes as they become adults

Each day this guy is getting wiser on how to communicate with us and letting us know he’s hungry he’s also landing on the arm of a chair right outside our sliding glass door to see if we are inside then chirping to tell us he’d like to have the bowl of seeds what a cool and intelligent bird

This young lady is new and has only been visiting for a bit over a Week it’s taken this long to have her not fly away when I open the dour to take a video

My Little Feathered Friends came by for Lunch well I called out “Babies” and the Saffron Finch’s typically come flying in they know their names

Since we are having so many Female Northern Cardinals coming to visit us I have nicknames for them this gal is very “Chirpy” it’s how she lets us know she’d like some seeds since I put them away when our favorite species are finished eating there is only a single male Northern Cardinal maybe the territory’s are just for males I’ve read that the Northern Cardinals are territorial and for a long time this was true until the original pair’s male disappeared and the female found a different male since then we have now 6 females visiting us it’s really interesting that each has a distinct personality and also favorite foods (seeds) we like them all but will always have a special place for the original pair of Cardinals that got us started on paying attention to the birds around our Backyard

This girls wings when she flies and the light passes through her feathers is a very bright red a stunning beauty we’ve got 5 females coming by for the seed bowls daily

This gal has been visiting us since it was an early teenager at that time her Crest was a Brown now she’s an early Adult and her crest is a beautiful crimson Red

Just so darned brave at this age and so funny to watch

Momma is such a chill bird I’m so happy she’s back again I hope her life in the wild is good as we only see her when she decides to partake in the foods we are offering

Daddy Bird is our name for the Male Northern Cardinal that’s mated to Momma2 and Babies are our Saffron Finch Pair all cuties Daddy is normally very wary and won’t stay at the bowl long today was quite awesome