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She’s not dining and dashing as much anymore these birds are about 5’ away from where I sit when I put the seeds on the table

#BackYardBirdsHawaii this is Sister as we have named her just 30 minutes ago she wanted to eat and tried calling me for the seeds but “Daddy Cardinal” showed up and chased around and around our plumeria tree until she left but she persisted and came back Daddy’s wife is a Cardinal we affectionately named Momma2 who is Sisters actual Sister both Females are such sweet and kind feathered friends that each has a way of getting our attention for the seed bowls Momma2 is the reason we started a hobby of taking care of our Back Yard Birds

Our Saffron Finch Buddies and their Baby

Red Vented Bulbuls are a bit camera shy but love the cut grapes these guys have been in the yard a dozen times before noon Hawaii time

The very acrobatic Mejiro (literal translation eye white) Japanese White Eye cute lil buggers and always so industrious working hard daily at survival

It takes a while to establish a form of communication and trust with the feathered friends but once established it’s a lot of fun “Babies” our Canary Family talk to us often requesting to be fed and they seem to enjoy us as much as we enjoy them

I called our Canary couple for dinner and they must be out of hearing range but the Bulbuls came zooming in to see if I had put out more grapes rain or shine these guys are totally cool and have the most beautiful voices of all our back yard birds

Or Momma Baby, Daddy Baby and Babies Baby this pair puts up with me but really have a special bond with my wife

Backyard Birds a Japanese White Eye having some grapes

Just another shorty of the Java Sparrow baby it must suck to be born ugly Hahahahaha

Daddy-O was just singing some of his songs while I was putting grapes in our Plumeria Tree and as soon as I finish up there he is ready to eat and happy as can be

A young adult Red Crested Cardinal lookin for some seeds

Backyard Birds can get possessive and try to claim ownership of their meal source this shows an adult that disagrees with a teenaged Red Crested Cardinal the Adult got his point across this teen stayed near the yard but wouldn’t the rest of the evening the Saffron Finch’s which are affectionately named “Babies” didn’t seem to care much about the argument right next to them

Daddy-O just being his weird self his girlfriend is finally coming to the bowls and she has albino face feathers a rare one for sure

When all 3 hatch the parents have their wings full just feeding them. The last couple of weeks I have been thinking my there must be more birds coming to visit as the grapes are going fast but today I see several Red Whiskered Bulbuls bring babies so those beaks have also been eating as well

It’s Red Vented Bulbul baby time so many parent Bulbuls are coming by for grapes and papayas to feed their offspring it was hard locating the babies with my phones camera but I did find them :-)

Our Back Yard birds getting a meal before bedtime

This gal used to be so brave when she was a teenager and had a brown crest as an adult it seems they have to learn all over again Pretty Girl and I think she’s carrying eggs

Momma2 my absolute current Favorite of the Female Northern Cardinals although her Mother was the most amazing feathered friend I have ever seen but she’s a good second place for sure she never makes any noice she won’t even chirp to let me know she arrived she just hangs out until I notice her in the yard she does pick places that I will see her though her offspring “Chirpy Girl” can be obnoxious when she arrives and wants to eat and it’s interesting to note that each has favorite seeds or types of seeds so fun interacting with them

Such cool feathered friends always a happy bunch

The Male Northern Cardinal is such a beautiful Red we have Daddy-O the Male Northern Cardinal that claims our yard as his territory but a few other males sneak in for easy meals it’s interesting when Daddy-O sees them he chases them all over them the Red Crested Cardinals are plentiful we get so many pairs that come by all day long all of these birds are just such stunning beauties

Just another day in Paradise and our happy back yard birds

So many Females stopping in our yard what we have read is that these birds are very territorial so what is going on in our yard are we in a neutral area or something yet we have a mated pair nesting in an orange tree 15’ from our fence

These Birds are so industrious or so it seems always getting the job done and they have such a pure beautiful voice when they decide to sing

Our Buddies the Canaries (Saffron Finch’s) we named “Babies” this pair comes to eat when we call out Babies but so do the Common House Finches now but “Babies” also call us asking to be fed it didn’t take them long to train us the Saffron’s are very territorial but now their offspring are coming even though the parents try to chase them off so we used to only see this pair and at times their youngsters now we have 3 mated pairs and a single female well she’s single for now I’m curious if when she gets a mate that she’ll still visit us at any rate we love our Back Yard Birds