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Photos: Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) (Original Post) Donkees Dec 2022 OP
The colors!!!! Jade Fox Dec 2022 #1
The third photo down cyclonefence Dec 2022 #2
Here is a photo of a Nicobar pigeon molting :) Donkees Dec 2022 #3
Thanks cyclonefence Dec 2022 #4
Spectacular! Bayard Dec 2022 #5
Looks like a cross between... SergeStorms Dec 2022 #6
''this rare creature is the closest living relative to the Dodo" Donkees Dec 2022 #8
Beautiful! tblue37 Dec 2022 #7
Beautiful bird. wendyb-NC Dec 2022 #9

cyclonefence

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2. The third photo down
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 12:35 PM
Dec 2022

with the bald head reminds me of the blue jays around here. I noticed a couple of them bald like this guy and was worried that they had some disease or parasite. Turns out that some birds molt that way, all the head feathers going at once. It's normal and OK. I guess (hope) that's what's going on here with this spectacular bird.

btw thanks for posting photos of all these gorgeous creatures. An early opponent of Natural Selection said he could understand goldfinches being attracted to each other, but why would any bird want to mate with such a gaudy bird as a macaw?

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