<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" > <channel> <title> Comments on: A Pheasant, A Bald Eagle And Nictitating Membranes </title> <atom:link href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:53:31 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <item> <title> By: Charlotte Norton </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109520</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlotte Norton]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:53:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=35903#comment-109520</guid> <description><![CDATA[Àwsome shots Ron! What an amazing look at how the nictitating membrane works. Charlotte]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Àwsome shots Ron! What an amazing look at how the nictitating membrane works. </p> <p>Charlotte</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Deborah Rehnstrom </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109519</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah Rehnstrom]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 11:48:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=35903#comment-109519</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ron, thank you for the information. Terrific photos. I love hearing about how you photographed them, too!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron, thank you for the information. Terrific photos. I love hearing about how you photographed them, too!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109518</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 02:44:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=35903#comment-109518</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109515">Pam Skaar</a>. Thanks, Pam. I graduated in Biology that same year!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109515">Pam Skaar</a>.</p> <p>Thanks, Pam. I graduated in Biology that same year!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Dick Harlow </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109517</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dick Harlow]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 02:40:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=35903#comment-109517</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109515">Pam Skaar</a>. Many thanks Pam. Interesting! It is absolutely fascinating what has been learned and the advances that have been made since Watson and Crick!!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109515">Pam Skaar</a>.</p> <p>Many thanks Pam. Interesting! It is absolutely fascinating what has been learned and the advances that have been made since Watson and Crick!!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Pam Skaar </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109516</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pam Skaar]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 02:40:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=35903#comment-109516</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109488">Dick Harlow</a>. use and disuse is important in evolution]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109488">Dick Harlow</a>.</p> <p>use and disuse is important in evolution</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Pam Skaar </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109515</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pam Skaar]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 02:36:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=35903#comment-109515</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109510">Dick Harlow</a>. To check out some of the human DNA changes sign up to the U. of MD MOOC, Genes and evolution at Coursera. I'm only at week 2 and have learned a great deal about our human evolutionary journey. It discusses coding and gene regulation, primate anatomy and other points not known about DNA and it's actions when I got my BS in 1970. That nictitating membrane question should be answered in our DNA. That might be covered in the course. Pam]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109510">Dick Harlow</a>.</p> <p>To check out some of the human DNA changes sign up to the U. of MD MOOC, Genes and evolution at Coursera. I’m only at week 2 and have learned a great deal about our human evolutionary journey. It discusses coding and gene regulation, primate anatomy and other points not known about DNA and it’s actions when I got my BS in 1970.</p> <p>That nictitating membrane question should be answered in our DNA. That might be covered in the course.</p> <p>Pam</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109514</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:26:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=35903#comment-109514</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109513">Susan Stone</a>. "They also remind me of the eyes of the old Greek statues" You're absolutely right, Susan. Hadn't thought of that...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109513">Susan Stone</a>.</p> <p>“They also remind me of the eyes of the old Greek statues”</p> <p>You’re absolutely right, Susan. Hadn’t thought of that…</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Susan Stone </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109513</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Stone]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:02:59 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=35903#comment-109513</guid> <description><![CDATA[These are very interesting shots. Seeing the nictitating membranes prompts an uncomfortable reaction in me. It makes the birds look blind. They also remind me of the eyes of the old Greek statues, which have always felt weird. Great photos, though. And definitely educational.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These are very interesting shots. Seeing the nictitating membranes prompts an uncomfortable reaction in me. It makes the birds look blind. They also remind me of the eyes of the old Greek statues, which have always felt weird. Great photos, though. And definitely educational.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109511</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 23:12:55 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=35903#comment-109511</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109509">Elephant's Child</a>. Thank you, EC.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109509">Elephant’s Child</a>.</p> <p>Thank you, EC.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Dick Harlow </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109510</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dick Harlow]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:09:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=35903#comment-109510</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109508">Ron Dudley</a>. John, that is a good question. My take is that I'm not sure it can be answered for sure. However, knowing that the DNA code is responsible for our anatomy and that of other protist, bacteria, plant and animals, it would be interesting to see how primate anatomy had changed over millions of years leading to primitive man. We can see how organisms have changed relative to their shape and form; not sure that we can ever be certain about other parts of the body, but an interesting conjecture at any rate.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2015/12/18/a-pheasant-a-bald-eagle-and-nictitating-membranes/#comment-109508">Ron Dudley</a>.</p> <p>John, that is a good question. My take is that I’m not sure it can be answered for sure.<br /> However, knowing that the DNA code is responsible for our anatomy and that of other protist, bacteria, plant and animals, it would be interesting to see how primate anatomy had changed over millions of years leading to primitive man. We can see how organisms have changed relative to their shape and form; not sure that we can ever be certain about other parts of the body, but an interesting conjecture at any rate.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>