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[guppiecat]

From my second trip to the Phoenix Zoo




Masked Lapwing - Large version, because I like this shot.


Fairy Bluebird - Someone is very hungry


Bali Mynah - Finally, a good shot with the crest fully extended.


Metallic Starling - I've no idea what's going on here. The last time I checked, birds were supposed to have beaks.


Cotton Pygmy-goose - This is a goose, not a duck. I have no idea what makes a goose "pygmy", but the sign says it, therefore it is true.


Bird - "That leaf is vitally important to the Revolution"


Green Oropendola - Their sign says that these birds have a "unique" call. That is an understatement. To say that these birds yodel would also be an understatement.


Black-Throated Magpie Jay - Here, you can see the black throat, the jayness, and the magpieness. You can also see the amazingly long tail.


Superb Fruit Dove - Pretty birdy


Burrowing Owl - A well chosen perch.

Comments

[beki.livejournal.com]

The crest on the fruit dove looks like OMG purple, is that really true to color??

[guppiecat]

I am technically colour blind (well, more like colour confused), but the sun was bright enough at day that I could see them fairly well. The photo (as I see it) matches what I saw (as I remember it). To check my vision, head over to google images and let me know if it matches theirs.

[beki.livejournal.com]

Yep, its OMG purple :)

I didn't know you were colorblind (or color deficient) My husband is also. Which do you have problems seeing? Red/green or blue/green? Being color blind doesnt mean you dont see colors at all. Red/green is the most predominant. You see those combinations of colors as mud according to Mike. You may have a hard time differentiating shades of colors too.

[guppiecat]

It's sorta like that for me. I'm red-green colour blind. I used to say that the both look brownish to me, but that's not really true. It's more like, in dim light, the colour is a non-feature. In other words, I just don't notice it. If I look for it, I can see it just fine.

There is also a photon-density component. If the light is bright enough, I see colours "normally". It's like if it crosses a certain threshhold, red just leaps out at me. It has to be pretty bright for that to happen though.