A Bunch of Red Butts

December 19, 2014Photographyart, arts & design, bird, bird watching, birding, birds, CoolPix, hawaii, nikon, Nikon P600, oahu, photographyJ.J. Springer 2 comments

Red-vented Bulbul

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Ok, really red vents, but that’s not as good of a title. I saw quite a few Red-vented Bulbuls and Red-whiskered Bulbuls while in O’ahu. Unfortunately, that’s not a good thing because they are a fairly destructive invasive species (info here and here) in Hawaii.

I was constantly struck at how colorful many of the invasive species were. I guess with so few predators, you can be as colorful as you want.

2 thoughts on “A Bunch of Red Butts”

aussiebirder

December 19, 2014 at 4:16 pm

Hi JJ, we have the Red-whiskered Bulbul here in Australia at the moment also, we see it in spring-summer, or should I say hear it first. We don’t get the Red-vented variety here.

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1. J.J. Springer
  
  December 20, 2014 at 10:48 am
  
  I didn’t realize that you have them there! That’s really cool.
  
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