<?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/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Some Recent Common And (mostly) Interesting Birds </title> <atom:link href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 18:53:25 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Sheila Craig </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195893</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheila Craig]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 18:53:25 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=104055#comment-195893</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thanks for your explanation of the orange variant house finch. This was news to me! Some googling led me to this article / study on caratenoid-based coloration . This got me thinking about two orange variant scarlet tanagers I saw this summer and I wrote my own blog post about them in which I referenced your post. Thanks for inspiring me!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for your explanation of the orange variant house finch. This was news to me! Some googling led me to this article / study on caratenoid-based coloration .<br /> This got me thinking about two orange variant scarlet tanagers I saw this summer and I wrote my own blog post about them in which I referenced your post. Thanks for inspiring me!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Mysterious Orange Scarlet Tanagers – Being with Birds </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195841</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mysterious Orange Scarlet Tanagers – Being with Birds]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:15:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=104055#comment-195841</guid> <description><![CDATA[[…] this week, I read a blog post by bird photographer Ron Dudley in which he discusses photos of orange variant house finches. He explains that in birds with […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[…] this week, I read a blog post by bird photographer Ron Dudley in which he discusses photos of orange variant house finches. He explains that in birds with […]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195716</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 20:54:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=104055#comment-195716</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195715">Fred Daniel</a>. Yup, its relative isn't it, Fred. Thank you.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195715">Fred Daniel</a>.</p> <p>Yup, its relative isn’t it, Fred. Thank you.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Fred Daniel </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195715</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fred Daniel]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 20:24:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=104055#comment-195715</guid> <description><![CDATA[...and we think our lives are tough. Thanks for the beautiful images.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>…and we think our lives are tough. Thanks for the beautiful images.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195713</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 18:07:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=104055#comment-195713</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195710">Elephants Child</a>. EC, I went down that rabbit hole for a little too long while I was writing this post. Which is why I gave a simplified version in today's post.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195710">Elephants Child</a>.</p> <p>EC, I went down that rabbit hole for a little too long while I was writing this post. Which is why I gave a simplified version in today’s post.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195712</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 18:06:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=104055#comment-195712</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195709">Lyle Anderson</a>. I wish I had some of your chickadees and juncos at my feeder, Lyle. This morning all I had was dozens of House Sparrows and a single Eurasian Collared Dove.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195709">Lyle Anderson</a>.</p> <p>I wish I had some of your chickadees and juncos at my feeder, Lyle. This morning all I had was dozens of House Sparrows and a single Eurasian Collared Dove.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195711</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 18:03:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=104055#comment-195711</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195708">April Olson</a>. And there's a lot of that info online, as I discovered when I was writing this post.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195708">April Olson</a>.</p> <p>And there’s a lot of that info online, as I discovered when I was writing this post.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Elephants Child </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195710</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elephants Child]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 17:51:12 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=104055#comment-195710</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thank you. Your common/abundant birds are exotica to me. Very welcome exotica. And speaking for myself I am awed and amazed at the 'handicaps' that birds and animals seem to take in their stride. Feather colouration is a fascinating rabbit hole that I am quite sure I could spend hours and hours exploring.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you.<br /> Your common/abundant birds are exotica to me. Very welcome exotica. And speaking for myself I am awed and amazed at the ‘handicaps’ that birds and animals seem to take in their stride.<br /> Feather colouration is a fascinating rabbit hole that I am quite sure I could spend hours and hours exploring.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Lyle Anderson </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195709</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lyle Anderson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 17:47:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=104055#comment-195709</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you had added Chickadees and Juncos that would pretty much cover the most numerous birds at our feeders. Similar to Frances’s sister, at one time I was drinking a lot of carrot juice. People wondered if I was jaundiced. As far as I know House Finches don’t get their carotenoids from carrots.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you had added Chickadees and Juncos that would pretty much cover the most numerous birds at our feeders.<br /> Similar to Frances’s sister, at one time I was drinking a lot of carrot juice. People wondered if I was jaundiced. As far as I know House Finches don’t get their carotenoids from carrots.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: April Olson </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/11/13/some-recent-common-and-mostly-interesting-birds/#comment-195708</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[April Olson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 17:39:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=104055#comment-195708</guid> <description><![CDATA["Entire books have been written on coloration." Yes, as Dan Gleason stated. Zoos and Aviaries have to supplement the diets of captive birds to retain the brilliant feather colors, Flamingos would be white without food additives.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Entire books have been written on coloration.” Yes, as Dan Gleason stated. Zoos and Aviaries have to supplement the diets of captive birds to retain the brilliant feather colors, Flamingos would be white without food additives.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>