TIL about the Nicobar pigeon. It is the closest living relative to the dodo.
TIL about the Nicobar pigeon. It is the closest living relative to the dodo.
Dang, such a pretty bird.
Unlike the dodo. Evolution is weird.
I was excited to see these guys at the National Aviary, but looking through my photostack, I see I didn't even bother to take a picture. Up in the tree, it just looked like a black pigeon. 😐
The colors are an effect of refraction, so seeing them in a canopy takes that away. If you go scrolling pics of them, you'll see they're almost all really sunny photos.
This photo represents what I remember seeing:
They're still cool though!
i bet it is delicious
Apparently, the dodo was not according to the reports of sailors. On the other hand, people used to eat a huge number of doves in the middle ages, to the point that they built towers called dovecotes to keep them in. So who knows?
Lil' Dummy
Add guns and cocain = Escobar pigeon.
My favorite bird! So beautiful!