Pheasants

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.

A great argus. His tail can be twice as long (during breeding season, I presume).

A Palawan peacock pheasant. I love the iridescent blue.

Palawan peackock pheasant

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.

Himalayan monal. If he left the shadows we could see how spectacular he is.

Swinhoe's pheasant

Cabot's tragopan

Cabot's tragopan

 

Self-portraits

 I've made some unintentional self-portraits.

Orangutan, my foot! (Columbus Zoo)

A common shoveler looks at me, maybe (Columbus Zoo).

It was a sunny day when I photographed this Jacob sheep (Columbus Zoo).

I keep trying for a decent underwater shot of an American beaver. (Columbus Zoo)

chestnut-breasted malkoha (Toledo Zoo)

Cabot's tragopan (Columbus Zoo)

This Bourke's parakeet stood in the pathway in the Australia room of the Toledo Zoo's aviary. I approached slowly, and it expressed interest in my shoe.