Thursday evening was beautiful and calm.

Just another day at Coconut Point right?

I had just gotten off of work and went to the beach to join the usual gang hanging out by the treehouse.

And tonight we had a visitor – a Samoan Starling (Aplonis atrifusca).

It’s still a young starling – gradually growing it’s adult feathers and learning to fly.

It made us all laugh nervously as it flew for only a few seconds…

Hopping from head to head

The Starling perched on my shoulder and nipped on Paolo’s ears.

This is the friendliest wild bird I’ve ever known

American Samoa ornithologist, Kim Kayano is rehabilitating this juvenile and hopes to have it return to the wild soon.