By grrlscientist on April 23, 2008. tags: Japanese White-Eye, Zosterops japonicus, birds, Image of the Day Japanese White-Eye, Zosterops japonicus (Osaka Prefecture, Japan). Image: Bardiac [larger]. Tags birding image of the day Photography bird bird watching Japanese White-Eye Zosterops japonicus birding image of the day Photography Log in to post comments More like this That looks like the result of a practical joke involving white paint and a telescope. Log in to post comments We have them here is Hawai'i as well. Cute birds, make a very neat supended, woven nest. But the eye does grab the attention. Log in to post comments we have a bird that looks similar to this here in new zealand. we call it a waxeye though. I LOVE TINY BIRDS! Log in to post comments Lloyd's right, it does look like the "wax eyes" we get in New Zealand, e.g. http://www.pbase.com/helenmevans/image/47378795http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimewalsh/1181102971/ Lloyd, if you like tiny birds and are in Dunedin, there are tiny quails and fitches inside the butterfly "house" in the Dunedin museum. I spent as much time watching them as looking at the butterflies. Log in to post comments
That looks like the result of a practical joke involving white paint and a telescope. Log in to post comments
We have them here is Hawai'i as well. Cute birds, make a very neat supended, woven nest. But the eye does grab the attention. Log in to post comments
we have a bird that looks similar to this here in new zealand. we call it a waxeye though. I LOVE TINY BIRDS! Log in to post comments
Lloyd's right, it does look like the "wax eyes" we get in New Zealand, e.g. http://www.pbase.com/helenmevans/image/47378795http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimewalsh/1181102971/ Lloyd, if you like tiny birds and are in Dunedin, there are tiny quails and fitches inside the butterfly "house" in the Dunedin museum. I spent as much time watching them as looking at the butterflies. Log in to post comments
That looks like the result of a practical joke involving white paint and a telescope.
We have them here is Hawai'i as well. Cute birds, make a very neat supended, woven nest. But the eye does grab the attention.
we have a bird that looks similar to this here in new zealand. we call it a waxeye though. I LOVE TINY BIRDS!
Lloyd's right, it does look like the "wax eyes" we get in New Zealand, e.g.
http://www.pbase.com/helenmevans/image/47378795
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimewalsh/1181102971/
Lloyd, if you like tiny birds and are in Dunedin, there are tiny quails and fitches inside the butterfly "house" in the Dunedin museum. I spent as much time watching them as looking at the butterflies.