Golden White-eye

At the Toledo Zoo, a golden white-eye ...

... lives with a Palawan peacock pheasant ...

Photos are better when he's not up front, by the mesh. Sometimes he has a lady friend.

 ... and a many-colored fruit dove.

Male many-colored fruit dove

Last October (2024), a keeper was working in the enclosure, and I asked a few questions. I jokingly asked if he could bring the white-eye forward so I could get a good picture. He said, yeah, she's often hidden in the foliage, but she comes closer to the front when the mister is on. The next thing I knew, the water was on and the keeper was standing next to me.

Enjoying the mist

Some preening

In March of this year, I found this:

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