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Monday, June 28, 2010
Beauty and Beast?
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All Photos and text on this blog by Benjamin Madison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For Permission to use write: madison at almudo dot fastmail dot us
Situated on the far west coast of Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia. Its benign climate (the warmest winters in Canada) and placid lifestyle make it a favorite retirement location as well as a popular tourist destination. About 400,000 people live in Victoria and adjacent communities.
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All Photos and text on this blog by Benjamin Madison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For Permission to use write: madison at almudo dot fastmail dot us
5 comments:
Nice thematic contrast between your subjects.
I just had to laugh when I saw that fugly turkey.
When I was a cadet at Royal Roads Military College, there were a large number of peacocks that wandered the grounds. Their spring mating calls would drive us nuts as we tried to study in the evenings. Once, we watched one beat itself to a bloody mess, as it kept attacking its own reflection in a car bumper. Colourful, yes, but not the 'brightest' of birds...
One theory about how such wide diversity in appearance happens in the animal kingdom is that it allows quick and easier identification between potential mates. Makes sense from a reproductive point of view.
So even though that turkey is uglier than an old boot, other turkeys may just find him more 'turkey-ish'.
Aw, poor ugly turkey! :( I do love the peacock though! I covet those blue feathers!
Great detail photo of that turkey! From the thumbnail it looked like a crocodile with it's head cut off (glad it wasn't that!).
I have many pictures of my kids at Beacon Hill Park trying to catch the peacocks, or make them spread out thier tail feathers for them. Also in the goat pen playing with the babies. They have since sized down the Animals display, its not nearly as big as it used to be!! (or I've just grown up)
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