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Re: Blue Bird with Orange Legs
Blue Bird with Orange Legs
Last post 08-31-2009, 6:49 AM by
MoJoWaxSwinger
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08-30-2009, 6:11 PM
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lissa754
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Blue Bird with Orange Legs
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We saw this little blue bird in a butterfly observatory in North Carolina, so it could theoretically be from anywhere in the world. Any ideas about what it is?
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08-30-2009, 6:19 PM
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Aberrant
Joined on 08-16-2009
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Re: Blue Bird with Orange Legs
Maybe some kind of sunbird
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08-30-2009, 6:21 PM
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lissa754
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Re: Blue Bird with Orange Legs
OK, as soon as I asked the question, I got an answer from my daughter. Apparently, it is a
Red-legged Honeycreeper
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Cyanerpes cyaneus,
although the legs we saw were a bright orange --- not red.
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08-30-2009, 6:25 PM
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Aberrant
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Re: Blue Bird with Orange Legs
Yup, my answer was definitely a shot in the dark
Anyways, welcome to the forums!
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08-31-2009, 5:35 AM
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Amy
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central Missouri
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Re: Blue Bird with Orange Legs
That's one wicked looking bird. I like it!
Amy and Merton of Cat
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08-31-2009, 6:49 AM
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MoJoWaxSwinger
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Re: Blue Bird with Orange Legs
Definately a Red-legged Honeycreeper. A friend banded birds in Costa Rica and Bolivia and got me a nice photo of one.
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