puddingcat: (Animal Fair)
puddingcat ([personal profile] puddingcat) wrote2007-03-12 02:32 pm
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Doing bird.


[Poll #945001]


ETA


PINK!



PINK!

[identity profile] nannyo.livejournal.com 2007-03-12 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, but if the Jay colourway is all blue, it could be cos the American continent has a Blue Jay which is properly blue, not coppery/pinky/bluey. So BOTH are right, this I cannot fill in the form. Although I think that Ozzy is taking the piss, showing you a picture of exactly the same species of bird that you showed...

OK, here's the Blue Jay

[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2007-03-12 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I didn't know which photo PC showed and I still don't see any pink.

[identity profile] nannyo.livejournal.com 2007-03-12 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
ahha! It could just be your monitor/colour viewing. Do you see dusky, coppery colours? It isn't all blue by a long shot. I thought you were teasing.. Wasn't being mean.
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[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2007-03-12 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
No, there's only one blue bit at the wings. Dusky, coppery (which is far from pink) is right.

[identity profile] nannyo.livejournal.com 2007-03-12 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
also, the blue jay doesn't have any, but the Eurasian one is sort of pinky(ish) as well. We get the Eurasian here, and it's the same as the one on mainland Europe. I think people think they're blue because it's the blue wing flash that they notice in the autumn when the birds are eating acorns. I've always thought of them as dusky pinky/purple birds.
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[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2007-03-12 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
The jays from my memory (haven't seen any here) are pretty well camouflaged with earthy tones with a flash of blue.

The closest to pink birds I can think of are (I hope my dictionary and wikipedia are correct) are bullfinches.

[identity profile] nannyo.livejournal.com 2007-03-12 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
bullfinches and chaffinches are definitely more pink than jays. It's all a bit subjective anyway... What colour are peacocks?

And I think that Pink Pigeons are just mucky looking beige birds.
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[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2007-03-12 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
And the perception changes with the light conditions, too.

[identity profile] puddingcat.livejournal.com 2007-03-12 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, it looks like someone crossed a kingfisher with a blue tit! Pretty!