Pretty Backyard Birds

We're very lucky to have such colourful birds in our backyard. I guess tropical birds are pretty cool after all!

Common Flameback Woodpecker

Crimson Sunbird

Did you know this is the national bird of Singapore?

Backyard Birds

In Boston, we had a bird feeder on our balcony. In winter, many cool birds visited us.
We had regular visitors. They came every afternoon and finished all our birdseeds. We even prepared treats such as peanut butter. They were like our friends!

My favourite birdie friends were:

 Mourning dove

- we had a pair of lovers who came everyday!

 Eastern Phoebe

- sometimes up to 30 would fly in and out!

I looked around Singapore for some backyard birds. Think if I put out a bird feeder, all the ravens and mynahs would swarm my house. But here are some common Singapore backyard birds I found around my house:

Oriental Magpie Robin

- it sings beautifully!

Black-naped Oriole

Olive-backed Sunbird

Yellow-vented Bulbul

 

Backyard Birds

I never really, REALLY looked at birds until I started bird-watching. Then I realised we never actually appreciate how gorgeous birds right in our backyard are.

We stayed outside Boston city with 2 ponds and many gardens surrounding us. These are pics of some common but pretty birds in our backyard:

Mum nicknames me "chickadee-dee-dee" because like me, it's small and adorable!

European Starling

Male Mallard

Male American Black Duck

Great Blue Heron (he lives at the pond. He's always there!)

A pair of Northern Flickers

American Robin (the commonest bird around)