A hoopoe! Bird saga part 4? 5? I had to look up what they're called in English In Arabic it's hudhud They're very special birds in Islam because they're mentioned in the Quran There was a prophet named Sulayman who could speak to animals and the hoopoe spoke to him When I was a kid that was my Dr. Dolittle story :) They eat wormies so not interested in todays spread I was so excited, they usually hang out in twos but this one was alone The hoopoe perched on one tree and all the little ones stayed on the other The wild pigeon came down to the hoopoe tree and was eyeing the food The yowang suddenly appeared on the feeders (minus the wang) -- trouble in paradise? I was distracted by the yowang for a few seconds and when I looked back the hoopoe was gone Im adding them to the list of our special bird guest appearances: an owl, a falcon, a dove and a water egret (called Abu erdan and farmer's friend) and now a hudhud/hoopoe! I'm still trying to figure out the species of the wang and yowang Our cat guests are checking out of cat hotel today, will miss their snuggles and watching the birds together |