My missus recently started to put out cut Mandarin oranges in the garden...
In no time, came a couple of Japanese white eyes...
Native to the Japanese islands... and the local name is mejiro (メジロ, 目白), literally, 'white eye'...
We normally put out the orange early...
And before 7 am, the birds will come...
They appear to be the same couple...
While one feeds on the orange, the other bird waits nearby...
Initially, the birds were cautious... the distance between us and them is about 2 meters...
I had to hide behind the curtains to photograph them...
After a few days, they got used to us watching...
This one has became brave enough to show me her tongue...
Wow cute white eyed birds and already showing its tongue haha..Bananaz do have mynas flying to the fountain at our balcony for a sip and a bath when the weather gets too hot and occasionally would leave some scooped papaya skin at the flower pot for them to feed on. They are getting bolder too as our living room is quite near the balcony.
ReplyDeleteMust be quite fun to watch the mynas doing their 'chitty-chatty' while they eat the papaya... nice...
DeleteThese are wonderful pictures. I don't believe I have seen this bird before.
ReplyDeleteApparently, the white eye was introduced into Hawaii, and it is causing some problems there...
DeleteLovely set of photos. Postcards worthy. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your very kind compliment...
DeleteI love these pictures of yours. What cute birds they are. I can't imagine shooting from just 2 metres away. I have to shoot mine using a tele lens.
ReplyDeleteThank you... they are really cute... they sing and dance too... the pics were taken with a 200 mm telephoto lens and two meters...
DeleteHey, immediately after reading this post, I left a sliced a mandarin orange outside. Not long after, a yellow-vented Bulbul came to feast, followed by a monitor lizard. Thanks for the tip.
DeleteNice... pics of the bulbul later, perhaps?
DeleteYes, I will post them later when I get my photos organised a bit :)
DeleteAm looking forward to seeing them...
DeleteThe birds dint see you like "my cat"!!! :)
ReplyDeleteSome stray cats do come by once in a while...
DeleteWhat a cute and friendly bird! And your post reminds me to put oranges out for the birds here; last year I saw an oriole. :)
ReplyDeleteYeap, a very friendly, cute, and also hungry bird... :-)
DeleteWow..they are beautiful and have such pretty colors!
ReplyDeleteThank you... we like their olive green shades...
DeleteCute little birds! So adorable!
ReplyDeleteYou said it well...
DeleteYour photos certainly captured the birds at lovely angles.
ReplyDeleteAnd, at about 2 meters from the subject...
DeleteKawaiii...tersenyum saya.
ReplyDeleteHahahaa.... nice to hear of your senyum... this birdie is really a kawaii little thing...
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