Love comes in pairs!
by gaeali

Comment:

Originally posted by Bosborne: WAY TO GO!! Knew it would win! Just one question tho...what are the bands on the legs for?

Zoos mark all their animals. It's especially important with birds, who are relatively free to come and go if they occupy the zoo grounds but not a cage. The bands have numbers on them to allow access to a database. So say one of the brids gets sick, they just run the database and see the bird's history. And of course if the bird "escapes" and is foudn elsewhere, the band can be used to track it.

You'll even see bands on a lot of wild creatures; scientists are always capturoing, tagging/banding, and releasing wild creatures. Sometimes the tags will have transmitters so the creature can be tracked, for study of feeding behavior, migratory patterns, and the like.

Smooth even stroke
by caba

Comment:
This is really, really nice! I love looking at it. I suspect you'd have finished even higher were the image a little crisper. Great finish for a great shot!

Even by a Nose
by FotoMunki

Comment:
congrats on your ribbon!

Love comes in pairs!
by gaeali

Comment:
Dang, that's colorful! Congrats on blue!

This may be a record in terms of % of votes under 6; less than 40 were 5 or less. Amazingly even split on 6,7,8 votes too... NOBODY had anything bad to say about this one, basically. Good job!

Message edited by author 2005-11-30 01:47:47.

Two - Migration Together
by notesinstones

Comment:
sweet sweet sweet! Congrats!

Night Shift
by labuds

Comment:
I wish you'd let this be darker. About a stop or a zone darker. I can see the "night" upper left, I can see potential, but overal it lacks the impact it could have :-( 6

Labor at Sunrise
by whatdewuc

Comment:
hah, wouldn't this be PRE-industrial? jejejeĆ¢„Ā¢ It's a nice shot :-)

640 and Counting
by SandyP

Comment:
Great finish! Congrats!

Identity Crisis
by aznym

Comment:
I'm really glad to see this do well. wonderful capture, truly mondo bizarro!

Odd lighting
by gisli

Comment:
Nicely done, indeed!