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Today it was all about the Chestnut Munia!
First photo full adult, second very young bird (bill is black, more brownish feathers), third, two photos, also young but the bill already not black; showing some black spots on the head and by far more red feathers. This one was posing best today:)
The last one is an old photo of more matured bird - very confusing for not well prepared visitor-birders plumage (but all Chestnut Munias go in that step, with high variability!). That is ~the last step before the adult plumage.

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The goal today was to find some Oahu Amakihi (hiking a trail where they are present!) - didn't see any (but heard at list twice). Instead here is what the Red-billed Leiothrix is feeding their very young fledglings: First a male with kind of fruit, little bit later the female came with an insect. Just 3-5 minutes after they disappeared they came again, again the male first with a moth and female with larvae (caterpillars?). The last one is from yesterday, just a Common Waxbill.

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