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Feb 7, 10 Comments (0)
 Saffron Finch Good evening from Curacao. I am still down and out. My knee is really sore and super stiff making it very difficult to walk on. I was off today and ended up doing the same thing I did yesterday, NOTHING!!
Months ago I built a driftwood bird-feeder out back and since it’s introduction into the back yard it has been a big hit. I mainly only get two kinds of birds with the seed I am using, pigeons and finches. When I first put out the food and water in the morning we immediately get visited by approximately 30-50 pigeons that now live in a tree across the road, they just sit there and wait for me to put out the seed. After the “PIGS” leave, I again go out and put out more food for the waiting finches that immediately got pushed out of the way when the “PIGS” flew in! This is a Saffron Finch or as they say in Dutch and in Papiamentu a Saffraanvink. They say these birds were introduced to these islands in the 70’s by man but no one can quite pin that down for sure. I have around six pair of these colorful birds that now live here at the house, all are a little different in color. If we put out bread or food we always get the Troupials and the Yellow Orioles but the Troupials are too aggressive and seem to be mean towards the other birds so we tend not to feed them as much.
I’m out, we are headed to a friends for dinner, see you tomorrow, Barry
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