Toledo Birds

I got some good shots of my bird friends in Toledo November 4.

African grey parrot

 

golden-breasted starling

bald eagle - immature

demoiselle crane

diamond firetail

Fischer's lovebird

black crake

violet-backed starling - male

Toledo Zoo Birds

After Breakfast With the Hippos, the missing gardener and I visited other parts of the zoo, including, of course, the aviary.

black-naped fruit dove (f)

black-naped fruit dove (m)

sunbittern

The back of a Siamese fireback. I have several nice pictures of the whole bird when it's farther back in the enclosure, meaning the mesh doesn't show. Every shot of the feathers that give the bird its name looks like this, with the mesh intruding.

red-whiskered bulbul

diamond firetail chicks

diamond firetail

This emerald starling kept trying to swallow a berry. The out-of-focus video below shows the action.

Finches

Finches, or finch-like birds, all from the Toledo Zoo.

Gouldian finch

Gouldian finch

 

black-rumped waxbill

 

pin-tailed whydah (female)

pin-tailed whydah

double-barred finch (owl finch)

diamond firetail

diamond firetail