Real-life Noche is just as smart and awkward as his Bird-Horse Island counterpart. But he was a bit more sneaky! He had a habit of escaping at night and then hiding right in front of us. He knew that we couldn’t see him in the dark!

Real-life Buster is a tough, cordon bleu finch, just like his Bird-Horse Island counterpart! But real-life Buster isn’t a loner. He has a BFF named Sparky. They are always together, so it is fitting that the gold-breasted waxbill is included in his picture.

Yoona, a common house finch, fell from her nest soon after hatching. So, she was rescued and hand-raised until she was old enough to return to the wild. She was a very sweet bird but perhaps not the prettiest baby. She had some very crazy head feathers! Unlike her Bird-Horse Island counterpart, she outgrew this to become quite sleek.

The Moptop Gang cause real trouble on Bird-Horse Island! The real-life Moptops are society finishes. Although they look like troublemakers, honestly, there aren’t any birds that are friendlier than society finches!

Real-life Ms. App is an appaloosa mare who is very sweet and a little bit stubborn. She never, ever bucked and was very gentle with children. But she could also be a bit naughty. She would often unlatch the pasture gates to let Noche out at night! (Maybe Noche put her up to it).

Real-life Smoky is a quarter horse who loved the obstacle course. He was laterally gifted and could side-step like a pro. He also rounded the barrels way better than Ms. App. But Ms. App could tiptoe through all kinds of ground obstacles, and he just generally stomped through those. If it worked, it worked. In Bird-Horse Island, he has a cameo appearance as Reporter Smoky.

Real-life Colette wasn’t really a paleontologist, but she was very smart. And because she was a spoon-fed canary, she was very friendly. Just like in Bird-Horse Island, she was married to P-Air, and together they raised many babies!

Real-life P-Air is not a spry young bird anymore. But in his hey-day, he was no less cool than his Bird-Horse Island counterpart. He could sing like a real idol star!