These are wonderful. I especially liked the close-up of feathers (on a back?) and the first two - the calmly meditative bird, and the one with long curving beak and spots of greenery. Thank you!
Thanks! The back is, I think, of a male Goldeneye duck; the meditative bird is a black-headed gull in winter plumage; and the upturned bill belongs to an avocet.
Great photos! I recognize the hooded merganser (an exotic for you?) and the avocet (very similar to ours), and I looked up the black-headed gull, but I can't identify the geese. Do you know?
Yes, the hooded merganser is an exotic over here. The geese are Hawaiian or Nene geese - another exotic here, and one which Sir Peter Scott was instrumental in saving.
(And it was a very foggy day, which doesn't help identification!)
Wow, unintended irony. I grew up in Hawaii in the 50s and early 60s and if I saw a Nene as a kid, in the Honolulu Zoo, perhaps, I don't recall because I was uninterested in birds. Still, you'd think I'd recognize it now! If only because I think this isn't the first photo you've posted and that's such an interesting association. Thank you!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Avocet
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocet_ProJet
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although, flamingos are always great. They look so improbable and Art Nouveau
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(and yes, Art Nouveau is just the right term!)
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Thanks for alerting me!
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Yes, the hooded merganser is an exotic over here. The geese are Hawaiian or Nene geese - another exotic here, and one which Sir Peter Scott was instrumental in saving.
(And it was a very foggy day, which doesn't help identification!)
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