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Mejiro on "Ohia Lehua tree at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ..... Best Viewed Large
Excerpt from a bit of nature walking and driving, bird watching and bird listening on a Sunday morning,at the park...
Photoing these birds is rather challenging as they move around very
quickly. Much credit goes to the versatile Sony H-5 super zoom with
"the no shaky thing"
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The Japanese White-eye, or Mejiro (Zosterops japonicus or japonica) (has been depicted in Japanese art on numerous occasions, and historically was kept as a cage bird.)
The Japanese White-eye is about 4 to 4.5 inches in size, with a yellow forehead, a greenish back, and dark brown wings and tail outlined in green. Like other white-eyes, this species exhibits the distinctive white eyering that gives it its name (mejiro also meaning "white eye" in Japanese). It is omnivorous, feeding primarily on insects and nectar.
Introduced to Hawaii in 1929 as a means of insect control, it has since become the most common bird on the Hawaiian Islands, and has become a vector for avian parasites that are now known to adversely affect populations of native birds such as Hawaiian honeycreepers, as well as spreading invasive plant species through discarded seeds [1].
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ABMJG, Finiky, neilberkman, oybay©, and 19 other people added this photo to their favorites.
ABMJG (54 months ago | reply)
great catch
EtterVor (54 months ago | reply)
Does it help keep Hawaii free of mosquitoes?
It's a beautiful bird. I can see why people would have wanted to cage it.
eye of einstein (54 months ago | reply)
no it was another mistake to upset to balance here.. nothing keeps mosquitos at bay..
Picture This1 . (54 months ago | reply)
That is a awesome shot
oybay© (54 months ago | reply)
Such a gorgeous composition.
AnneliesW (54 months ago | reply)
Awesome!
(I've got the flu...I have been "Flickr-inactive" for a couple of days now, because my energy-level is low...Trying to catch up soon!)
pupanna (54 months ago | reply)
ma che bello!
noseum (54 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the lesson and the great image..Glad to see you had a nice break in the work on the house..and posting here regularly..
You where one of my first contacts, back one year ago..
Your use of the H5, keeps me in awe..
teunissen (54 months ago | reply)
Beautiful picture! Could you maybe also tag a scientific name to this bird?
jah~ (54 months ago | reply)
Unbelievably crisp! Nice to see you shooting and posting often!
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Sati Kobashi (busy - mostly off) (54 months ago | reply)
Adorable capture and beautiful composition!!
Ali Danışman (54 months ago | reply)
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louise_creative (54 months ago | reply)
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DrCarlosAMG (54 months ago | reply)
Beautiful capture.
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ladyloneranger (54 months ago | reply)
So good to see you are posting again, my friend!
This little beauty appears to be a Japanese White eye or Zosteropidae. Really great catch!
island friend (54 months ago | reply)
but they are cute little fellers...
janoid (54 months ago | reply)
This is so wonderful, Alan!
What a fabulous capture of the bird and the bee!!!! :)
(G-rated, of course!!! :)
Amazing photography, my friend!!!
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a moment in time (54 months ago | reply)
Wonderful with the clear bird eye and the bee flying by.
johanne prescott (54 months ago | reply)
Congratulation.
macprohawaii (54 months ago | reply)
A hard bird to capture a photo of in the wild. Gotta be lucky to get one. Great photo.
Jer*ry (54 months ago | reply)
Guess I'd rather have this guy than starlings & English sparrows. But still, another lesson about tinkering with nature. Wonderful shot.
! . © Angela Lobefaro . ! (54 months ago | reply)
such a great capture!
very beautiful colours and details
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Gery SINGER (54 months ago | reply)
Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe BIRD'S, und wir freuen uns, Ihr Foto unserer Gruppe hinzuzufügen.
Awesome my friend!
freemysoul (54 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous little fellow!
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pauljapan (54 months ago | reply)
Brilliant Image!!!
*CA* (54 months ago | reply)
Quite the amazing image. Great work. We'll never learn to stop messing with nature.
urtica (54 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot, thank you for posting this!