tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post398353035151056809..comments2024-03-27T16:06:06.759-05:00Comments on Sketching in Nature: The Red Bishop last year - MareeKate (Cathy Johnson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-53655132217062958862010-08-09T23:52:53.159-05:002010-08-09T23:52:53.159-05:00Hi Jeanette, I've seen how this unusual colour...Hi Jeanette, I've seen how this unusual colouring can attract predators when I used to go outside with my Patagonian Conure - a Peregrine Falcon dive-bombed us in the hope of an easy tit-bit! But maybe the Red Bishop looks more like a flower in the garden than a tit-bit!Maree Clarksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-60153736059046475182010-08-09T20:46:08.877-05:002010-08-09T20:46:08.877-05:00It's funny how exotic your flora and fauna see...It's funny how exotic your flora and fauna seem to a midwesterner in the USA...as for this bird's mating color, I sometimes wonder just how this adaptation allows him to survive, let alone procreate. I suppose it's all more complicated than a few scientific principles can account for.Jeanette, Mistress of Longearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815875437992974233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-14369594374345356702010-08-08T02:27:31.327-05:002010-08-08T02:27:31.327-05:00Thank you PJ!Thank you PJ!Maree Clarksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-4489786856244975552010-08-08T02:27:03.204-05:002010-08-08T02:27:03.204-05:00He's extremely colourful during the breeding s...He's extremely colourful during the breeding season Kate, makes him stand out in the garden like a flash of light! Hope his predators don't think the same!Maree Clarksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-58395547520242747952010-08-07T20:45:44.882-05:002010-08-07T20:45:44.882-05:00Love this birds graphic coloring! Nice page!Love this birds graphic coloring! Nice page!Pam Johnson Brickellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07927455773097702525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-30736514803163234992010-08-07T20:37:22.334-05:002010-08-07T20:37:22.334-05:00Wow, those colors are amazing!Wow, those colors are amazing!Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.com