tags: Rufous-crowned Roller, Coracias naevia, birds, Image of the Day
This is the last bird that I will be showing you by this photographer this week. More of John's images are waiting in the queue, and will appear next week.
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tags: Sun Conure, Aratinga solstitialis, birds, Image of the Day
Last in a series of psittacine images by this photographer (I do have more psittacine images in the queue, but all of them are for lories .. Loriinae).
Sun Conure chick, Aratinga solstitialis.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
tags: Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis, birds, Image of the Day
Next-to-last in a series of duck images by this photographer. But there are plenty more images by John that will appear soon!
Long-tailed Duck (formerly: Oldsquaw), Clangula hyemalis.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
tags: Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, birds, Image of the Day
Last in a series of duck images by this photographer. Stay tuned: there are plenty more images by John that will appear soon!
ABSTRACT: Male Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
tags: Turquoise Tanager, Tangara mexicana, birds, Image of the Day
This is the first in a series of passerine images by this photographer.
Turquoise Tanager, Tangara mexicana.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
Gorgeous. So many birds. So little time.
Passerine??? Errmm..
Wonderful picture though, thanks for sharing.
Darren bet met to it. Rollers are not passerines, but members of the Coraciiformes (among other things, they don't have the specialised passerine foot).
Suboscines (which are a subgroup of passerines) include the American tyrant flycatchers, antbirds, and such, as well as the Old World broadbills and pittas.
yikes, how stupid. i guess it's time for me to turn in the PhD. on the other hand, it completely destroyed my life anyway, so i guess it matters not.
I find it interesting that all the roller species (that I've seen anyways) have very symmetrical and equal shaped mandibles EXCEPT for the very tip of the upper mandible which has that fine/sharp little hook to it. Must come in handy when doing surgery on a rodent or lizard. It is easy to miss the little hook unless you are looking at them closely.
As anyone would know who has attempted to take photos of birds through wire, it is very annoying and difficult (and usually accompanied by a string of profanity). This particular photo of the Rufous Roller was a lucky one for sure. The bird was sitting in just the right spot in the aviary that I could angle my lens to focus through the 1/2" wire. A few inches in either direction and I would not have gotten the photo. Taking photos in walkthrough aviaries is so much more pleasurable. ;-)
John