https://glendalarke.com/2013/07/splendour-in-grass/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:20:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://glendalarke.com/2013/07/splendour-in-grass/#comment-18349 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 06:20:46 +0000 #comment-18349 This is great!

]]> https://glendalarke.com/2013/07/splendour-in-grass/#comment-18348 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:30:51 +0000 #comment-18348 I knew some birds became brighter, but not that they changed as much as this one.

]]> https://glendalarke.com/2013/07/splendour-in-grass/#comment-18347 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:09:31 +0000 #comment-18347 Yes, indeed. Even in ducks… although not with all brightly coloured male birds. The evolutionary rational is that the bright colours indicate health and attract females who are fussy about the dad for the kids, but for the rest of the year, it makes more sense for a bird to be unobtrusive to predators.

]]> https://glendalarke.com/2013/07/splendour-in-grass/#comment-18346 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 05:54:49 +0000 #comment-18346 What a beautiful blue. Reminds me of the blue jays here. Interesting that only the breeding male has that colour though. I didn't know that happened, does that happen with other birds?

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