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Title
Mejiro On Lychee
Artist
Heidi Fickinger
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Print
Description
This tiny bird is the Japanese Mejiro (Zosterops japonicus), also called the Japanese White Eye. This bird was brought to Hawai'i between 1929 and 1937. The bird was brought here to control insects for the benefit of agriculture. The species is now the most common bird in Hawai'i. It eats both insects and fruit and nectar. Sadly is has overtaken native bird species habitats and competes with them for food. It is also a carrier of avian malaria which has devastated the native bird species.
Featured in the following FAA group galleries:
* Hawaiiana
* H D R Photography
* Animal Photographs
* Hawai'i Greeting Card Photography
* Hawaiian Photography
* Animal Mania
* FAA Portraits
* Just Perfect
* Wild Birds of the World
* Wild Birds of the World - 'Dawn's Delights' pick 06-25-20
* Poetic Poultry
* A Briding Group - Wings
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June 21st, 2020
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Viewed 306 Times - Last Visitor from Fairfield, CT on 04/18/2024 at 2:59 PM
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Naples, FL - United States
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Conneaut Lake, PA - United States
Beautiful capture, Heidi, congrats on your Dawn's Delight feature!
Melbourne, FL - United States
Congratulations on being named among ‘Dawn’s Delights’ this week. This image has that extra something special that makes it an extraordinary image. Beautiful introduction to this species the controlled depth of field works well in this image!
Melbourne, FL - United States
Thank you for submitting this fine image of this identified wild bird. It is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the 2020 Thanks and Features Archive discussion for additional visibility.
Paris - France
My....A so lovely picture and lovely tiny bird! such a beautiful work Heidi! Much Aloha! L/F
Pahrump, NV - United States
I always loved these little beauties. So lovely against this background. Featured in Hawaiiana. Aloha nui! Back in the years when so many plant and bird species were introduced to the islands, those who did it had no idea what it meant to bring new species in to an established and fragile eco-system. But, it's hard to imagine Hawaii without these pretty birds, or the cardinals and so many others that were brought in. When I lived in Kihei there were even flocks of wild parakeets that had gotten established from tame ones that had been released, and they did tremendous damage to crops and gardens. I don't know if they were successful in eradicating them or not. OK -- I'll stop rambling now! LOL
Heidi Fickinger replied:
You never ramble Jane dear! I agree, the Mejiro is such a beautiful creature and would be missed from the Islands. Much aloha
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