Aviculture
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Adults – pale bluish grey body plumage, long white feather plume stretches from eye to beyond the head, long black feathers hang from breast, reddish-orange eyes, black legs, short bill; juveniles – pale ashy gray, with nearly white heads, gray tufts on the ear coverts.
RANGE
There are six main populations of Demoiselle Cranes occurring in over 47 countries throughout the world. The three eastern populations occurring in eastern Asia, Kazakhstan/central Asia and Kalmykia (between the Black and Caspian Seas) are abundant, numbering in the tens of thousands. There are also three remnant populations occurring near the Black Sea and Turkey. The two wintering ranges including India and surrounding countries and northwestern Africa centered in Sudan.
Source: Save the Crane Foundation
A Hartlaub's turacao ( Tauraco hartlaubi) and friends in an aviary of the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona.
A female broad billed (probably) hummingbird in the Hummingbird Aviary of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
I'm not a huge advocate of shooting "captured" birds, but I put this thought aside when I visited the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pa. This wonderful man-made habitat has over 500 birds with 150 different species. I saw birds that I've only been able to see on my Flickr friends site(s). A must place to visit if your passion is bird photography. This set represents only a sample of the birds I saw on my visit...more to come in the future...hope you don't get tired of my posting these wonderful birds !
American flamingos are unmistakable birds with a curiously shaped bill, slender necks and long, delicate looking legs. Their brilliant feathers range from a pale pink to scarlet red, with bright pink being the most common. Although they may appear strange, each feature on the flamingo serves an important function. Their long legs and necks allow the birds to wade and forage in water several feet deep. Their oddly shaped bill is perfectly suited to strain plankton and other small invertebrates from the water. The microscopic shrimp and algae in their diet is also the source of their iconic pink color – the pigment is deposited in their feathers as they grow and the brightness of the color indicates how well the flamingo was eating as the feathers were growing. This may be a sign to other flamingos of an individual’s fitness.
Source: The National Aviary
www.aviary.org/animals/American-Flamingo
The National Aviary
The National Aviary, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the only independent indoor nonprofit aviary in the United States. It is also the country's largest aviary, and the only accorded honorary "National" status by the United States Congress. The aviary is home to over 500 birds representing more than 150 species, and is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
A Taveta golden weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps) in an aviary at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona. In nature, this species is found in the savannahs of Kenya and Tanzania.
American flamingos are unmistakable birds with a curiously shaped bill, slender necks and long, delicate looking legs. Their brilliant feathers range from a pale pink to scarlet red, with bright pink being the most common. Although they may appear strange, each feature on the flamingo serves an important function. Their long legs and necks allow the birds to wade and forage in water several feet deep. Their oddly shaped bill is perfectly suited to strain plankton and other small invertebrates from the water. The microscopic shrimp and algae in their diet is also the source of their iconic pink color – the pigment is deposited in their feathers as they grow and the brightness of the color indicates how well the flamingo was eating as the feathers were growing. This may be a sign to other flamingos of an individual’s fitness.
Source: The National Aviary
I'm not a huge advocate of shooting "captured" birds, but I put this thought aside when I visited the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pa. This wonderful man-made habitat has over 500 birds with 150 different species. I saw birds that I've only been able to see on my Flickr friends site(s). A must place to visit if your passion is bird photography. This set represents only a sample of the birds I saw on my visit...more to come in the future...hope you don't get tired of my posting these wonderful birds !
American flamingos are unmistakable birds with a curiously shaped bill, slender necks and long, delicate looking legs. Their brilliant feathers range from a pale pink to scarlet red, with bright pink being the most common. Although they may appear strange, each feature on the flamingo serves an important function. Their long legs and necks allow the birds to wade and forage in water several feet deep. Their oddly shaped bill is perfectly suited to strain plankton and other small invertebrates from the water. The microscopic shrimp and algae in their diet is also the source of their iconic pink color – the pigment is deposited in their feathers as they grow and the brightness of the color indicates how well the flamingo was eating as the feathers were growing. This may be a sign to other flamingos of an individual’s fitness.
Source: The National Aviary
www.aviary.org/animals/American-Flamingo
The National Aviary
The National Aviary, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the only independent indoor nonprofit aviary in the United States. It is also the country's largest aviary, and the only accorded honorary "National" status by the United States Congress. The aviary is home to over 500 birds representing more than 150 species, and is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
A white-headed buffalo weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli) in an aviary at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona. Native to East Africa.
This pavilion, l’Uccelliera, is a short walk from the Borghese gallery in Rome. It did not seem to be accessible and was behind a tall metal fence. It was constructed in the early 1600's.
An unidentified hummingbird (possibly black chinned) in the Hummingbird Aviary of the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
A male Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) in the hummingbird aviary of the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona
me & my lazy eye & a goldfinch in black and white
(it's actually extropia not a lazy eye but that's not as poetic so~)
National Aviary, Pittsburgh, Pa
Taxonomy
French: Tisserin palmiste German: Palmenweber Spanish: Tejedor palmero
Taxonomy: Hyphantornis bojeri Cabanis, 1868, , Mombasa, Kenya.
Monotypic.
Distribution:
SE Somalia and coastal Kenya (extending inland along rivers), also recorded in SE Ethiopia; presence in NE Tanzania unconfirmed.
Descriptive notes
14 cm; 17–29 g. Male has most of head down to throat orange, bordered by chestnut-brown crescent on breast (better defined on some specimens than on others), nape olive... read more
Voice
Song described as a series of creaking notes, "eee-urr-twa-twee-twu". Low-pitched chattering from... read more
Habitat
Palm savanna on coast, also riverine vegetation, extending into savanna in regions below 1200 m and... read more
Food and feeding
Diet seeds and insects. Gregarious.
Breeding
Breeds in all months (peaks Oct and Jan) in Kenya, but May–Oct in Mombasa; May–Jul in Somalia, and Jun and Dec–Apr in... read more
Movements
Presumed resident, with some local wandering away from breeding areas.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Locally common. Old records from upper R Jubba, in SE Ethiopia. Reported as damaging ripening crops in Somalia.
Source: Handbook of the Birds of the World
The Aviary was originally a Buckminister Fuller inspired geodesic dome which served as the Winston Churchill Pavilion during the 1964 World’s Fair. It was subsequently transformed into the colorful habitat that we know today.
I took too many pictures to put in a collage... so this first batch is just the inside beauty of this aviary... next batch will be the birds I captured!!
I hope you enjoy the walk!!
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This is the view from the Aviary in London overlooking the city. It was a nice cloudy evening that night.
Old Warke Dam, Worsley
It's been a long time but I finally got out last weekend. Not very far from home but it was good to be out. I've taken plenty of shots in and around Worsley and the Bridgewater Canal but never ventured into Worsley Woods to capture the Aviary and the Lodge house near Old Warke Dam.
I was hoping for a good sunrise but the surrounding landscape and trees put paid to that and the local wildlife didn't help with smooth reflections, especially the swans and moorhens that thought I was there to feed them. There is a jetty on the Old Warke but I was alarmed to find a lot of unsavoury objects littered along it included a burnt out aerosol and what looked like a telephone directory... can't think of anything else that thick or why you would need one in the woods?
Anyway, a long exposure helped resurrect the situation although you can still see the signs of one persistent moorhen. The little strip of green to the left is the actual dam. Oh... nearly forgot, the Aviary is a Grade II listed building originally built by the great nephew of the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater - Francis Leveson-Gower who amongst many Worsley buildings built the Aviary as a hunting and fishing lodge.