#waxeye

[fellow-mammal]

Birds of Aotearoa! At the very least, a couple of them!

[rowenabean]

one of my favourite NZ birds is the tauhou/waxeye because it challenges the idea of what a native bird is

(please note I come from NZ all our native species are birds) (we got some great lizards too but you barely ever see them)

because this? it's not a human introduced species! surely that means it's native!

well, actually, it introduced itself. in 1832. post European arrival in NZ let alone Māori. so what does that mean?

also they're really cute and there have been lots of them around my flowers lately

[andy-snaps]

Upside-Down Breakfast

[morelka]

hi we have never met but ur coming to nz so birds right. kiwi is a classic but i guarantee you will love piwakawaka/fantail they are so friendly. ur most likely to see them on bushwalks cause they like to follow u around since you kick up the dirt so they can eat the bugs and stuff underneath

the humble kereru/wood pigeon is also very cute in my opinion i do love them and they’re pretty common like piwakawaka

keas!! very mischievous. like to steal peoples food/windshield wipers so watch out lol. very cool birds i think they’re becoming more common in auckland now which is cool

pukeko, funky little guys. mostly blue with long legs, you might see them by the road out of town or in wetland. my cousin had one when she worked for the spca and it was chill with us we could feed it but it could be aggro around other people. idk if that applies to all pukeko though that’s just my experience

takahe, pukeko’s bigger friend. basically same thing, but rounder (idk if they’re actually related but they look similar at least)

kākāpō, big green flightless babies. i love them so much i have a plush toy of one his name is gerald

kakaruia/black robin, ur not gonna see one of these unless you go to the chatham islands but they’re worth mentioning cause they’re very cute and i had a book about one as a kid (old blue) and because this is My list and i do what i want

waxeyes, common garden birds and very pretty and cute we get them in our feijoa trees i love them

lesser short-tailed bat because if bird of the year can include them so can i dammit. bats!! never seen one personally but they look like funky little guys. we also have the long tailed bat

tuis how have i not mentioned tuis yet. i love them so much my dads ringtone is a tui. you’ll be walking past a kōwhai tree or something and someone will go “look a tui” or “i hear a tui” and you all just stand there staring at it for a bit. beautiful

we also have penguins but to be honest with u i need to get out of bed so. perhaps i will return later with more fun facts for u also i am sorry if you already knew these things also forgive me for sending you an ask literally Out of the blue lmao i saw the neil gaiman ask and thought my country????? must inform them of things

Oh my god this is so nice?? Thank you so so much <33 Please come back with more fun facts about birds!!

I knew about some of them, but not all, so this is super interesting- I love birds and particularly water birds (I’m also super excited to finally see some albatrosses since we don’t have them in europe and they’re one of my favourite birds)

Also i can’t believe piwakawakas like to follow people? that’s so wild to me all birds i’ve ever met are shy to humans and even the ones that are not (eg pigeons and seagulls) still keep their distance, especially in the villages im from

I can’t wait to hear a tui ahhh <3

[brazen-art]

Little Dragons Part 1 | Part 2

More of these little dudes from @pyroweasel’s prompt.

Must be hard being a little dragon. Do you think its evolutionary mimicry?

[todaysbird]

the waxeye is a small passerine bird named for the ‘waxy’ white ring around its eye. this particular bird was photographed by holly neill, who was surprised by the bird’s coloration being similar to that of a canary - the bird has a rare mutation called leucism where it does not produce pigments normal for the species.

[covvend]

Waxeyes ✨

Acrylic on board, 300x300mm

Commission, 2019

[kingiefisher]

I want to leave this fucking place

[naturally-caustic]

Not very aesthetic, but I just saw a little white eye in the garage! No idea how long he'd been there, I managed to scoop him up & crawl through furniture to get him outside. He tried to fly but didn't make it very far & was looking in bad shape, so I tried giving him water, honey, & sugar water on my fingers which he seemed to appreciate. My hands were way too shaky though & it was starting to rain so I scooped him up again & put him in a cardboard box with water & an orange. He gradually started to perk up & eventually flew off! I feel so unbelievably lucky to have seen him & be able to rescue him before he was too far gone! The poor baby.

[thiswillnotdo]

2020_02_08

[evelynstarshine]

[vurtual]

White eye (by Ian Lumsden)

[luddart]

Business card design done for self a long while back. Characters were based on my tauhou persona and DnD characters with cameos from pinkythepink’s characters. (They were timed with her birthday so I can gift em to her.)

[andy-snaps]

Morning Stretch

[andreibel4ev]

getting back to the garden by Amanda Keogh Via Flickr: trust...and the weight of feathers my winter sports ;-) I'm grateful to a visiting friend and photographer for this image. Thank you!!! (you know who you are ;-) and for those inclined ;-) Joni Mitchell's Woodstock... from 1.00 if you want to skip the introduction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRjQCvfcXn0&list=RDGMEMJQXQAm... :-) lightly happily free from fences friday ;-)

[deathhairball]

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