The Toledo Zoo has an outdoor pheasantry, which houses pheasants and other birds, and there are pheasants in the indoor aviary. The pheasantry's enclosures tend to have lots of shadows and bushes that obscure the birds. Which means I have goals.
These birds are male.
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A great argus. His tail can be twice as long (during breeding season, I presume).
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A golden pheasant. This guy would not lift his head. It's not a good shot, but it's better than the one from the Columbus Zoo: All I got was the underside of a tail.
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Himalayan monal. If he left the shadows we could see how spectacular he is.
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Cabot's tragopan
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Beautiful pictures! No horns on tragopans, though. Next time!
ReplyDeleteYes, I'd love to see the horns.
DeleteNice! Thanks, Steve!
ReplyDeleteThe dinosaur heritage seems pretty evident in the tragopan. It almost looks like a dinosaur is wearing a feather and beak mask in the last photo.
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