ABCs of Birds - Z-

[gayle]

Zebra Dove

OK, I will jump right in with my last bird!  This mediorce photograph was made at thr Kona Coast, Hawaii.  The Zebra Dove is an Asian bird and was introduced into Hawaii in 1922.  The better image is from Wikipedia.

Gayle

[Annette]

Zebra Finch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_Finch

[dale]

Annette beat me to the zebra finch! I'll just again post a link to the Barbican Center's installation where zebra finches got to play electric guitars:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZQ4VmicDeM

and here is the other, rarer kind of zebra finch that does not play guitar:

dale

[Annette]

Zenaida meloda

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Dove

[Patti from Kentucky]

And here's my last bird as well!

Zosterops lateralis is his latin name...his English name is Silvereye, and his Maori name, being a New Zealand bird, where they get an extra name, is Tauhou.

We photographed him in Christchurch, New Zealand, and unlike many birds we saw there, he's native.

[Shaky]

and here is the other, rarer kind of zebra finch that does not play guitar:

I'm glad to see that Pegasus finally got busted. I hope that crook rots in jail.

[Annette]

Zonotrichia albicollis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonotrichia_albicollis

[Wing Goose]

Hi Everyone,
Thank you for the ABCs of Birds.  It was fun to read about
each one.  There were a lot of birds that I did not recognize.
A good exercise for all.
     
     
         Lola

[Dumpsterkitty]

Zonotrichia albicollis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonotrichia_albicollis

I'm fortunate to have these guys in my backyard-thanks for letting me know they fit in Z too, Annette!

      

Ei

[dale]

Ei - that first shot - on the snow - that's insane! Explain the angle, please.
What a very nice and strange picture.

[Joyce]

Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) is a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas. It feeds on small vertebrates of all kinds (other than fish), including birds up to the size of quail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone-tailed_Hawk


http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=BD0557

[Dumpsterkitty]

Ei - that first shot - on the snow - that's insane! Explain the angle, please.
What a very nice and strange picture.

It's a VERY lucky take-off shot.  It was eating a sunflower seed on the snow-you can see the empty hulls-and I thought I was taking a picture of it still sitting.  I was shooting through the window of my back door (excellent view as I don't have a porch out there yet-see the 3rd picture  ) so it's flying up toward the ledge below me to get some more seed.

Ei

[dale]

It's a VERY lucky take-off shot.

OK, I thought it was from above, but it's so wild. The wingtips are just exquisite. That's definitely suitable for framing.

[Annette]

Zoothera mollissima

The Plain-backed Thrush (Zoothera mollissima) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is
found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are
subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

[Annette]

Zoothera wardii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Thrush