The bougainvillea bushes behind my classroom are full of wildlife. There is a rooster that lives there. I hear him regularly in the mornings. He is elusive though. I hardly ever see him. Yesterday as I was walking to the office, I heard a bird singing really loudly. It was an unfamiliar bird call, so I stopped and tried to find the bird. It was perched about as high as it could be, and it was singing like crazy. The internet says it’s a Japanese White Eye. I think I know why.
I miss watching the birds out my window like I used to do in Baltimore. I would set up a bird feeder on my lanai, but I don’t think my downstairs neighbor would appreciate all the bird poop and discarded seeds that would litter her yard. I guess for now I’ll just have to keep watching the bougainvillea bushes.
What a pretty bird!
I’m glad we aren’t named for our striking features. I’d be a ‘Nebraskan Slouch Back’.
HA! Winner and still champ-een of the Morning Nostril Spewing Due to Laughter – Ms. Lauren Sommererererererer (how do you know when to stop spelling your name? It’s like spelling bananananana…)
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HAHA! I’d be the Nuggety Noggin. (because my head is bumpy) The poor Nuggety Noggin that will never be featured on a blog for it’s lovely singing, unlike the Nebraskan Slouch Back whose voice is beautiful!
That bird is so cute! I hope there are no mongoose/mongooses/mongeese living in the bush too…..cute as they are…..they thirst for the white eye.
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I would have called that bird the, “yellow ‘whoa, did you see that?’.”
HA! You all are on fire today!
I love how you take time to stop and notice the world around you and then share it with all of us – Thank you.