![]() Wendy Esterly, known for her expertise in bird photography around Mission Trails Regional Park, reported that she, too, had seen them. I asked a few people in the bird-watching community for information. What’s more, I found out that the bird has been added to the official California Bird List. It is a cage bird, one that people buy as a pet, and whose native habitat is India. In my online research, I discovered that the birds had three different names: spice finch, nutmeg mannikin, and scaly-breasted munia. I was so enthralled with their behavior and appearance. I found it difficult to return to my writing. They were very amicable among each other. They were cute little guys, watching out for each other in the tree before they made a silent decision to fly together to the tray. I gave in - until the next day the new birds showed up again. Try as I did, I could not again locate that post about the bird. I had never seen them around but remembered seeing somebody’s post on one of the local Facebook photography groups about a finch that was now prevalent in San Diego. Their thick beaks clued me in that the birds were finches of some kind. They had an interesting pattern on their chest and stomach and a russet color on their backs. I picked up my camera and zoomed in on the new birds. ![]() So it was a real stumper for me when several visitors appeared in our Cassia splendida tree scoping out the yard and then finally flying in, one by one, to the birdseed tray. As I nearly always have birdseed mix out for the doves, house finches and white-crowned sparrows, as well as nectar feeders for the hummingbirds, I recognize many regulars who come around. Ours is a quiet neighborhood, but we do get a lot of action from our feathered friends. ![]() I’m always looking out my window, even as I’m writing articles like this one.
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