![Two fuzzy yellow birds with white eye markings facing each other among leaves and twigs.](https://en.es-static.us/upl/2019/08/swami-krishnananda-white-eye-birds-8-8-19-india-3.jpg)
Indian white-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) are small birds, about 4-6 inches (10-15 cm) long. They’re sometimes kept as pets. Our friend Swami Krishnananda sent this series of images of these birds on August 8, 2019, and wrote, “Yesterday a flock of white-eyes landed on a tree below my room. Two of them started grooming themselves, grooming each other, sharing some sweet words of love …”
![Two fuzzy yellow birds cuddling among leafy branches.](https://en.es-static.us/upl/2019/08/swami-krishnananda-white-eye-birds-8-8-19-india-1.jpg)
Photo by Swami Krishnananda.
![Two fuzzy yellow birds with long pointed black beaks and white marks around their eyes.](https://en.es-static.us/upl/2019/08/swami-krishnananda-white-eye-birds-8-8-19-india-2.jpg)
“While there two birds called white-eye, there are four white eyes looking at you!!” wrote Swami Krishnananda.
![Two yellow fuzzy birds with white marking around their eyes looking straight at you.](https://en.es-static.us/upl/2019/08/swami-krishnananda-white-eye-birds-8-8-19-india-4.jpg)
And he wrote: “They were also looking at me as if to ask why I was intruding on them and what I was up to!! JAI GURU!!”
Bottom line: Photo from India of two Indian white-eyes, formerly called Oriental white-eyes.
Source:
https://earthsky.org/todays-image/bird-photo-2-indian-white-eyes