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7/12/18 Young Male Kumul Lodge, Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea

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A diving duck of larger lakes and reservoirs, especially with fringing reeds. Male striking and unmistakable with large, rounded, rusty-orange head, long red bill, and black breast. Female rather drab but distinctive: dirty buff overall with pale cheeks, dark face, and rounded brown cap. In flight, both sexes show a thick white wing stripe and whitish underwings. Feeds mainly by dabbling and upending. A common feature of waterfowl collections in European town and city parks.

Male Carola's Parotia at his display court. Doing the "ballerina" display.

Adult male King of Saxony Bird of Paradise (Pteridophora alberti) performing a bouncing practice display that waves his head plumes.

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I love birds of paradise.

Laguna Cliffs, CA -- October 2008

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7/8/18 Part of display; Elevala River Between Fly River NE of Kiunga and the Ketu River; Papua New Guinea

I love this deep orange and burnt orange...I had a few packets of som Varigated Nastursiams and it's fun to see who comes back each year...

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Chamber's Wildlife Rainforest Lodge, Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia

I felt that this flower represented an Indian dance Mudra(made by twisting hand and fingers) :)

Wahnes' Parotia (Parotia wahnesi)

Adult male on perch over his court.

Bird of Paradise flowers are associated with liberty, magnificence, and good perspective.

University of Hawaii Manoa

The arrival of the birds...of paradise, that is...always brings a smile. They are so unusual and whimsical that I invariably find them added to the 365 project every year, perhaps more than once! Framed by a healthy green (thanks to our recent rain), these blooms never fail to 'pop' with color and shape. Planted as part of the median landscape, they are a great photographic diversion at the traffic light.

Diversions are a way of life for all of us with the multiple stimuli that our connected world creates. Students and young adults seem to adapt to this cacophony seamlessly (perhaps because they know no different), but I often yearn for the single focused time-frame when no interruption intrudes. Many years ago when I crafted stained glass creations, I would start a project in the morning and literally be so engaged and focused that I didn't re-connect with the 'real world' until sunset - with no conscious understanding of the passage of time. These days, I strive to merely get a project accomplished! Davis Blvd & US 41 E, Naples, FL