Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair Firkin wrote: > >> Great shot of a lovely bird. Is this a mejiro (Japanese white-eye)? >> Where was it? >> >> Here are a couple I saw in Japan: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/5309086616/#/photos/geordiepete/5309086616/lightbox/ >> >> >> Peter Cheyne > >I'm not sure about the name: white eyed finch is what I've been calling >it. I'll have to look it up. They have been around our backyard for a few >years now. Live in a group of about 20-30 and travel/feed in a group. One >decides he doesn't like you, flies off and the rest follow. Cute but very >fast tiny and 'busy'. > The bird in Alastair's photo looks like it's in the family Zosteropidae, a.k.a. White-eyes. Here's my Japanese White-eye photo: http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/zosteropidae/jwey00.html Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com