tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860495554490220900.post8789226285356478799..comments2024-03-11T23:45:59.766-07:00Comments on And I Think to Myself...What A Wonderful World.: Creature Feature: Golden Pheasant.KuroKarasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178372821014335415noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860495554490220900.post-86051733133269546192010-07-10T13:44:53.863-07:002010-07-10T13:44:53.863-07:00Yes! Galliformes have an amazing variety of patter...Yes! Galliformes have an amazing variety of patterns that make for interesting, entries, even though I have to repeat the usual "males are pretty, females suck" song and dance with every entry. I swear, next bird will be the Harpy Eagle...just to flip the tables a little. ;) <br /><br />Have you ever seen Yokohama or phoenix chickens? DAMN!KuroKarasuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16178372821014335415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860495554490220900.post-11391113680163175542010-07-07T19:34:50.477-07:002010-07-07T19:34:50.477-07:00OK this was really weird, because before I saw thi...OK this was really weird, because before I saw this entry I had spent rather a long time looking up ref pictures of galliformes for no particular reason (whilst looking for John Gould illustrations, to be specific, then getting trapped in the ToL web.)<br /><br />I was even gonna suggest it to you since it struck me very suddenly how much psychedelic, bizarre color patterns are found in, basically, chickens!<br /><br />I assume you're also familiar with the Argus pheasant.<br /><br />Just saving up a bunch of pictures for color/pattern reference... feathers are really amazing aren't they? Makes you wonder how much color variation the small theropods may have had.Symbion pandorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434242079067525777noreply@blogger.com