Mejiro on "Ohia Lehua tree at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ..... Best Viewed Large

Excerpt from a bit of nature walking and driving, bird watching and bird listening on a Sunday morning,at the park...

Photoing these birds is rather challenging as they move around very quickly. Much credit goes to the versatile Sony H-5 super zoom with "the no shaky thing" "

The Japanese White-eye, or Mejiro (Zosterops japonicus or japonica) (has been depicted in Japanese art on numerous occasions, and historically was kept as a cage bird.)

The Japanese White-eye is about 4 to 4.5 inches in size, with a yellow forehead, a greenish back, and dark brown wings and tail outlined in green. Like other white-eyes, this species exhibits the distinctive white eyering that gives it its name (mejiro also meaning "white eye" in Japanese). It is omnivorous, feeding primarily on insects and nectar.