an update to my bird situation, for anyone that cares.
 

despite the shoddy nest this bird made, and all the abuse the weather dished out..... this poor fucking bird took one hell of a beating..... the eggs hatched last night. 2 of them. And they're doing just fine..... no feathers yet, and look pretty rough, but starting to peep for food, and there are 2 grown birds looking out for them.

They seem to be okay with me, because they leave the nest when I come out on the deck to check on 'em..... they've been watching me, and I think they know I'm not gonna mess with 'em.

So anyway..... so far so good.

not sure what kinda birds these are, but they're green and roughly about the size of the smallest cell phone. Maybe smaller. Roughly the size of a Hummingbird, but they're not Hummingbirds.

pretty small.

and there ya go.

Very humane of you, congrats on your new pets for life.

no pics?

The National Audubon Society has a number of books on birds that might help to identify them.

AMP, what's with the sig? You working for countrywide now?

too many birds out there... better ask some locals.

Mahalo nui loa

thought about it, but I don't wanna get too close.... don't wanna piss off mama. There's a bunch of these little green birds living around here, mostly in my Hibiscus..... and this one nested right over my deck.... not sure if that was smart or dumb yet.... lol

but I don't wanna fuck with them while she's still defenseless.

AMP, What you can do to help the birds;

Go to your Laundy area of the house collect lint from the trays and Lay the lint outside in a dry area.

The bird will soon see this nest making material and rebuild the nest with it.

Don't worry about that human smell rumor. That was a myth.

Seriously! For example, Do you realize how many different types of swallows there are? It's mind boggling, I tell ya.

The only green bird I can think it could be is maybe a love bird..not sure what breed lives in your area..do they look a bit like a little parrot?

my girlfriend works for Countrywide..... and it's no bullshit. Anyone that's done any home buying or even just looking, knows.... Countrywide is one of the best.

Just trying to give her a bump. She's still getting started over there. But she's got 17 years experience in mortgage, and now being on the Countrywide team..... there is a mortgage you can't go wrong with. :)

Just trying to help my girl out. That's all.

I cut open some old deck furniture cushions.... man! The birds LOVED that shit.... they were pulling the stuffing out of those for weeks!

AMP ;-) Might be coming to Hawaii this summer :thumbsup

sweet..... hope we can hook up for a drink or something bro. ;-)

for those that didn't know.... I buy bird seed in bulk, and anytime I go to the beach, I feed the birds till there's nothing left.


i love birds. And fuck you if you have a problem with that.

I love the Hawaiian State bird. (Nene Goose)

I always see them when I am at Haleakala.

There's nothing wrong with channeling rage into your birdwatching. Seriously.

I have no rage..... and I'm not one of those bird freaks..... I don't spy on them with binos.... I just like birds. I like having them around, and making them as comfortable as I can. Food, water.... whatever I can do.

is that those funky white ones with the long neck?

We get those here all the time! They actually walk on the Hibiscus! It's trippy.....

there was one in the yard outside my studio the other day.... I grabbed my camera and tried to take a pic, but he must've seen me moving cuz he flew away....

It's all good.

Damn, the mind works in mysterious ways. I just decided to throw "Hudson Hawk" in the DVD player. Weird.

from everything I've looked at, it looks like it's a Japanese White Eye.

http://www.wwt.org.uk/threatsp/images/nene.jpg http://www.uatuahine.hawaii.edu/hana...ene/goose.jpeg http://www.repcindyevans.com/images/nene.jpg http://www.leler.com/hawaii/DSCN0438.JPG http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/Hawaiipics/NENE.jpg

Good for you AMP.

My mortgage is with countrywide:-)

hmm...... no, that's not the white one I was thinking of..... but I see those alot too..... they remind me of pheasants.

Nice nirds.....

mama bird is gone.....

gonna try take some pics here....

would be great to see a few pics

Neat :)

Birds are cool :thumbsup

fuck..... by the time I got up there with my camera, mama had come back.....

but here's a pic of mama:

http://www.ampiezza.com/stuff/bird001.jpg

Nice...that rocks :) I read in that article you posted that they're easily tamed. You might have yourself a bunch of new friends to keep you company all summer.

hehe, cool birds :winkwink:

for some perspective, this fully grown bird is about this big:

http://www.ampiezza.com/stuff/bird002.jpg

kewl little birdie :)

Hope they are not vampire birds or you may have to give up your porch.. maybe you should just do them in now...

http://www.abc.net.au/nature/vampire/img/vampire4.jpg


http://www.abc.net.au/nature/vampire/finches.htm

ever thought about getting a pet chicken?

yes, I have... after a conversation I had with my exterminator a few months ago, apparently chickens eat centipedes....


and that's a good thing.


But I have no way to contain them.

That looks like a Hawaiian Creeper.

Here's a link to one.

I got some pics of the babies!



hang on... gotta pull the card outta the camera here....

Cool :thumbsup

Cool, take good care of them. They might grow up to be good eatin'!

hard to get a good shot..... either too dark or too flashed... but you can get the idea...


http://www.ampiezza.com/stuff/bird003.jpg

http://www.ampiezza.com/stuff/bird004.jpg

Try not to use a flash on the babies.

yeah, I realized that after the first one..... thought it might be pretty harsh......

I feel bad for flashing those little birdies.... :-(

They look awesome, glad to hear they survived the wind storms :) My garden is also full of birds always, they get food, water to drink and bath especially when the weather is hot... and they are so funny waiting me every day at their bathing places.

Don't feel bad, they are used to thunders too, don't they?