Gonna Fly Now

A   L   O   H   A  !

"I once had a sparrow

alight upon my shoulder

for a moment,

while I was hoeing 

in a village garden,

and I felt that I was more distinguished

by that circumstance

than I should have been
 by any epaulet I could have worn." 

Henry David Thoreau

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Our  bird friend today 

is a Red Crested Cardinal,

 Paroaria coronata

commonly seen here on Oahu.

These colorful flyers

were introduced to both Hawaii

& Puerto Rico around 1930.

 Sometimes called the

  "Brazilian Cardinal"

The species is native to

South America.

Omnivores, they

feed on fruit, seeds, plant matter, 

human cast-offs, and tasty insects.

Thank you for flying here! 

Do look in on Comments,

see all the exotic birds

there;

BE one of them-

                 Warm chirps, cloudia