Blue feather

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jason
Blue feather

Hi, a friend found this in a car park at Carol Park in Brisbane. Just wondering if anyone knows what it belongs to; or is it synthetic?  

It's about 10cm long

HelloBirdy
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probably synthetic

Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera

jason

Thanks Ryu, I think you are correct. Well almost.  I don't know birds well, but for me it was the blue Rachis (spine) and Plumulaceous (fluffy) part had me wondering.  Google suggested something called Craft Feathers.  So I think what we have here is a dyed Guinea foul feather. Similar to here http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-beautiful-4-8-cm-sapphire-guinea-fowl-feather-free-shipping-/391516793608.   

One can get many coulours and various paterns from numerous birds species.  

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