Okay, all you photographers out there. Let's share some photos. I'll begin by posting some taken at the Galapagos Islands on my recent trip. c.i.
Well, here is a shot I took at a recent visit to a .... well ... a zoo, ok?
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cicerone imposter
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Wed 5 Oct, 2005 08:28 pm
Implicator, That's a whole new perspective on that tropical bird. I took some at the Bird Park in Bali recently (last month). They are really photogenic birds.
Phoenix, I went to the link you provided, and those pictures are awesome! Hope you will share more. When my wife retires early next year, I think that'll be our first destination.
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Wed 5 Oct, 2005 08:54 pm
Good bird, good photo, implicator, and hi to a2k. What, though, is the bird considering...
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cicerone imposter
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 10:57 am
One of my bird pix.
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 11:15 am
ossobuco wrote:
Good bird, good photo, implicator, and hi to a2k. What, though, is the bird considering...
I've seen that look in my friend's African Grey. Methinks he's considering taking a chunk out of implicator's hand.
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ossobuco
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 12:07 pm
Is that a toucan, CI?
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cicerone imposter
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 01:18 pm
I'm afraid I'm not familiar with tropical bird names. Had information on birds of South Africa when I visited some years ago on a photo safari, but even those are disappearing from my memory bank.
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Ticomaya
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 01:35 pm
ossobuco wrote:
Is that a toucan, CI?
It's not a toucan. This is a toucan:
Perhaps it's some kind of Hornbill?
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cicerone imposter
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 01:39 pm
Here's a description for the toucan:
green skin around eye
beak: light green with orange spot
black feathers
yellow head and chest with red border
rainbow colored bill with toothed edges
red under tail converts.
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ossobuco
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 01:46 pm
Here's an image link on a toucan, link is from arizona state university.
I think your bird is similar but not...
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cicerone imposter
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 01:50 pm
I agree: that's a toucan.
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 01:54 pm
That sure is. And a gorgeous one at that!
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Phoenix32890
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 02:00 pm
There are all sorts of hornbills, but I common one that I have seen in zoos have that extra bony protuberence:
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shewolfnm
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 02:04 pm
The best animal photo I have taken is this one-
I had to shoot through some plexi glass, so the green tint is there to stay..
But his position is the best. -
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Phoenix32890
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Thu 6 Oct, 2005 02:06 pm
shewolfnm- My husband used to have a boxer who slept upside down with his feet against the wall!
I like to lay and read like that sometimes.
I prop my hind quarters on a pillow and use the wall to hold my feet up.
It was funny to see the ape doing the same thing.
What I couldnt capture with the picture were his sighs..
THAT made the whole scene.
