Toledo October 15

I visited the Toledo Zoo last October 15.

bald eagle

Emma, I think

Renee or Twiggy

scaly-sided merganser

Java sparrow

black crake

diamond dove

I've been trying to get a good shot of a golden pheasant for a couple of years. This ain't it.

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