Queenie O. Posted May 29, 2018 Author Posted May 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said: Not being bird person, I am a google person. Perhaps this is what you are looking for? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_munia Here is the Wiki pic of a Chestnut Munia in Cebu Yes Dave--you and Jack spotted the Chestnut Munia! Good Googling Dave! Any birds at your yard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, Queenie O. said: Any birds at your yard? I see very few birds around here as I live in a subdivision that is like a concrete jungle. My mother is the bird person in my family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said: I see very few birds around here as I live in a subdivision that is like a concrete jungle. Of course young man you mean the feathered type Kidding mate KIDDING 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDDavao II Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Queenie O. said: That's a good one Jack. I guess there are many varieties of Maya birds--not sure if the name I found is the correct one. This one I read that tjhis chestnut one used to be the national bird of the Philippines. I found some bird videos on Youtube that were cool. These birds must come back and nest year after year in some areas like yours. This is a first nest sighting for me here. I think I remember reading that Filipinos call both the Eurasian Tree Sparrow and the Chestnut Munia "maya". The tree sparrow can be quite destructive - they tear apart some of my wife's plants for nesting material - but the Munia is much less so. Edited May 29, 2018 by JDDavao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDDavao II Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 5 hours ago, Queenie O. said: have some red tubular fire cracker plants that the Tamsi love to drink from. Do you have any of those plants? Yes! Those are exactly the plants I see the sun birds on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Popular Post Mike J Posted May 29, 2018 Forum Support Popular Post Posted May 29, 2018 We have a variety of birds that frequent our yard. We have a variety of trees but the Maya really like a small lime tree for building their nests. Last season I counted seven nests. These pictures were all taken in/from our yard that looks over the wat er. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonjack2847 Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 We get Mayas here in our garden and they successfully bred for the last 2 years but the sparrows don`t like them.Some of you call the chestnut munias but when I kept some in the uk we called them black headed nuns.We also get some shrike looking birds,swallows and some kind of weaver bird,which I cannot identify. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 Since you folks have stirred up my interest in these common birds, I went back to that Wiki site that I linked to before and I found this interesting: Quote National bird of the Philippines until 1995 The black-headed munia was the national bird of the Philippines until 1995, when that honorific was transferred to the Philippine eagle. There, due to urbanization and the resulting lack of awareness of local species, it is nowadays often confused for the Eurasian tree sparrow because that species, one of several also categorized as "maya" in the Philippines, is much more common in the urban areas 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie O. Posted May 30, 2018 Author Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, Mike J said: We have a variety of birds that frequent our yard. We have a variety of trees but the Maya really like a small lime tree for building their nests. Last season I counted seven nests. These pictures were all taken in/from our yard that looks over the wat er. Hi Mike, Nice pics! You being on the other end of Cebu ocean, have similar birds, flora and fauna. There's the blue White Collared Kingfisher, or Tikarol in Bisaya. The Chestnut Munia/Maya that others have observed too. The small Egret or Tabon in Bisaya. The little yellow Sunbird or Tamsi that has seen by others too, and a pair of wild doves. I think that the birds there with the red eyes are called Gansiang in Bisaya, a variety of Flowerpecker. bird. I remembered two other varieties of sea birds that we find here--a small brownish plover bird, and a larger light brown plover. Do you see those too? Thanks for sharing! Edited May 30, 2018 by Queenie O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie O. Posted May 30, 2018 Author Posted May 30, 2018 9 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said: Since you folks have stirred up my interest in these common birds, I went back to that Wiki site that I linked to before and I found this interesting: The black-headed munia was the national bird of the Philippines until 1995 I wonder Dave--is the Black Headed Munia the same bird as the Chestnut Munia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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