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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Hanging around,
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 20:31:27 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

Alastair Firkin wrote:

>
>> Great shot of a lovely bird.  Is this a mejiro (Japanese white-eye)?
>> Where was it?
>>
>> Here are a couple I saw in Japan:
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/5309086616/#/photos/geordiepete/5309086616/lightbox/
>>
>>
>> Peter Cheyne
>
>I'm not sure about the name: white eyed finch is what I've been calling
>it. I'll have to look it up. They have been around our backyard for a few
>years now. Live in a group of about 20-30 and travel/feed in a group. One
>decides he doesn't like you, flies off and the rest follow. Cute but very
>fast tiny and 'busy'.
>

The bird in Alastair's photo looks like it's in the family Zosteropidae, 
a.k.a. White-eyes.  Here's my Japanese White-eye photo:

http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/zosteropidae/jwey00.html

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com




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