Sunday, February 22, 2009

Tiny birdies


Hawaii has so many different kinds of birds! On my way home from the grocery store yesterday, I stopped to take a photo of a flock of tiny birds in the lawn. At first, it just looks like the lawn is moving -- you can't see the individual birds unless you focus.

They fly away if you get too close -- unlike many birds here. These birds were fairly close to me but I still had the zoom focused in all the way because they are so small.

This website is by a UH professor. He shows all the birds that are everywhere here. His camera is much better than mine!

UH Campus Birds Link

I think the tiny birdies I was trying to catch are called a Common Waxbill.