• CluckN@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    This brown owl is eating a fish. I know what to call it

    That ornithologist should’ve stuck to pigeons

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      8 months ago

      The guys working the pigeons know what they are doing when it comes to marketing their stuff. This is the Nicobar Pigeon. I got to see one the other day actually at the National Aviary!

      The pics you will see of this pigeon do play it up a bit. In the trees it doesn’t get to flash all that iridescence. It does have a beautiful snow white tail hidden under there though, which I thought looked very beautiful in contrast with the dark charcoal feathers of the rest of it. This is the best pic I found of that, and it’s much more representative of what it looks like in person without framing a perfect shot.