DSC_2097-Chickadee
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Comment by hahn23:
Beautiful!

DSC_1196 PurpleHouseFinch
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Comment by hahn23:
Well, I certainly don't know for sure. But, I think this looks more like a House Finch than a Purple Finch. There is variation within species. This bird has a curved culmen vs. a slightly curved culmen on a Purple Finch. The wings are brownish with indistinct streaks. A Purple Finch (male) would have reddish wings with indistinct streaks. My guess is House Finch. But, I am not an authority. The House Finch is ubiquitous in 48 states, southern Canada and Mexico. The Purple Finch is mostly East half of US, summering in Canadian provinces from Atlantic to Pacific. Excellent photo!!!!!

DSC_1649-Common Sharna Thrush - Asia
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Comment by hahn23:
Long tails are used like a rudder for precision flight through the forest. I like this bird and photo.

DSC_1595-Turquoise Tanager - South America
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Comment by hahn23:
I can see the distant relationship to our Western Tanagers. Well photographed.

DSC_1802-Victoria Crown Pigeon - New Guinea
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Comment by hahn23:
Amazing head plummage. Has to be a breeding advantage purpose for that kind of frivolity/beauty. Well photographed.

DSC_1817-Family Of Sunbitterns - Central & South America
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Comment by hahn23:
Super image. One chick? Dedicated parents. I enjoyed the photo very much.

DSC_1970-Ostrich
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Comment by hahn23:
Big and flightless. Amazing this bird suvived extinction. Excellent photo!

DSC_2102-1MourningDove
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Comment by doremi:
Great colour around the eye! (you get 2 comments from me on this one lol)

Message edited by author 2012-04-16 18:01:32.

DSC_1736-Nicobar Pigeon - Nicobar Island
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Comment by doremi:
Nice angle to show off the feathers.

DSC_1950-Unknown
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Comment by doremi:
More beautiful colours.