Bird of the Week Challenge: 15th September - ROYGBIV

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Tue, 16/09/2014 - 08:15

Holly

Bird of the Week Challenge: 15th September - ROYGBIV

Sorry I didnt get this up yesterday everyone - but here is your challenge for this week: the rainbow challenge again!

The idea is to post birds from the colours of the rainbow in order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Indigo in particular is a tricky one, so you can also substitute BLACK for indigo.

Guidelines:

Post in the order above (with black able to be substituted for indigo)
Nominate the colour in your post as well
The colour doesnt have to be the feathers, it can be the feet, beak or eye (hint for the satin bowerbird and violet!)
Once a bird species is used once, it can't be used again by anyone so plan your usage of the bird carefully!
Each person must wait 2 turns before posting again.

Here we go!

Tue, 16/09/2014 - 08:43

Reflex

Plenty of RED in this Rainbow Lorikeet..

Samford Valley Qld.

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 15:05

Ross42

Orange eye,his name is Elvis ! Bunbury Wildlife Park.

Tue, 16/09/2014 - 14:20

Elsie

Yellow -

Tue, 16/09/2014 - 14:58

Araminta

The "green" of a Musk Lorikeet.

M-L

Tue, 16/09/2014 - 15:16

Reflex

There's BLUE on this male Superb fairy Wren....

Samford Valley Qld.

Tue, 16/09/2014 - 17:23

Annie W

Not a speck of INDIGO on this little guy , but there is the sub colour black.

Grey Fantail

West Coast Tasmania

Tue, 16/09/2014 - 18:09

pacman

Violet - this Splendid Fairywren has violet colours

Peter

Tue, 16/09/2014 - 18:20

Reflex

Back to RED again. Pied Oystercatcher with red eyes.

Samford Valley Qld.

Tue, 16/09/2014 - 23:10

#10

Devster

This Red Backed Fairy Wrens back looks orange in the sunlight

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 06:25

#11

madge

Nankeen Kestrel, YELLOW legs

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 06:44

#12

Reflex

Plenty of GREEN on this male Superb Parrot.

Samford Valley Qld.

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 08:18

#13

Devster

Plenty of Blue in this Sacred Kingfisher

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 09:10

#14

Ross42

Plenty of Black here.

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 09:25

#15

Araminta

Guess that means we are back to RED.

the red beak of a Silver Gull.

M-L

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 09:35

#16

Elsie

This Pardalote has Orange eyebrows Yellow next!

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 09:52

#17

Annie W

Difficult to see, but part of this (female) Pink Robin is bright yellow, which sometimes comes in very handy for ID

West Coast Tasmania

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 10:04

#18

Reflex

The Capricorn Silvereye has a light GREEN coloured head.

Samford Valley Qld.

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 10:48

#19

sue818

I think that we missed VIOLET in the last round but here ia a peaceful BLUE eye ring to be followed by Indigo (or Black) then Violet.

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 12:25

#20

dwatsonbb

My opinion is that the purple of the Purple Swamp Hen is as close to INDIGO as I can get, fairly close to the colour swatch displayed on Wikipedia anyway. So with Holly's approval (hopefully) back to VIOLET.

Dale Huonville, Tasmania

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 13:56

#21

Araminta

I'm certain there is VIOLET in the plumage of the Straw Ibis.

M-L

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 13:58

#22

Holly

dwatsonbb wrote:

My opinion is that the purple of the Purple Swamp Hen is as close to INDIGO as I can get, fairly close to the colour swatch displayed on Wikipedia anyway. So with Holly's approval (hopefully) back to VIOLET.

Looks good to me!

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 14:04

#23

Reflex

The eyes of a Coucal Pheasant are RED.

Samford Valley Qld.

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 14:12

#24

Ross42

Orange in Shelduck

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 14:44

#25

dwatsonbb

Yellow in this King Penguin, taken at Seaworld with the phone through glass. Back to Green.

Dale Huonville, Tasmania

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 14:49

#26

Reflex

The Lewin's honeyeater is dark GREENish in colour.

Samford Valley Qld.

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 15:01

#27

Araminta

The BLUE eye of a female Satin Bowerbird. (can't remember if I posted it last time we had this topic?)

M-L

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 15:03

#28

Ross42

Blue or Indigo ? in this Yellow-bellied Sunbird

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 18:07

#29

pacman

Violet - the male Satin Bowerbird has deep blue-violet plumage

Peter

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 18:21

#30

dwatsonbb

Red this Black Swan's beak and eyes are red

Dale Huonville, Tasmania

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 18:54

#31

Reflex

The Crested Pigeon has an ORANGE eye, (actually most of them have two!).

Samford Valley Qld.

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 19:15

#32

mpb

Regent Bower Bird has YELLOW.

Mark

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 11:28

#33

Roly

Roly

Healesville

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36062443@N04/sets/72157632450588204/

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 20:18

#34

Araminta

Chestnut Teal has a pretty GREEN head with a lovely red eye.

M-L

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 20:23

#35

madge

How about a Dollarbird? BLUE

Wed, 17/09/2014 - 20:32

#36

Roly

ROYGBIV!

At school in the fifties we were taught: Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain

However, it somehow got changed to Richard Of York Gave BIRTH In Vain! lol

Roly

Healesville

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36062443@N04/sets/72157632450588204/

Thu, 18/09/2014 - 13:05

#37

pacman

Black-winged or White-headed Stilt (lists vary) - has black wings

Peter

Thu, 18/09/2014 - 20:21

#38

Araminta

The RED eye of a White-winged Chough.

M-L

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 10:26

#39

Ross42

Orange legs on Magpie Goose

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 10:32

#40

Reflex

A Masked Lapwing keeping ever so still so that I won't notice him/her with that bright YELLOW bill.

Samford Valley Qld.

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 11:29

#41

Roly

Roly

Healesville

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36062443@N04/sets/72157632450588204/

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 10:49

#42

Roly

Where was the Chough, M-L?

In my native Cornwall, the Cornish Chough is part of the County's Shield. Living on the steep, coastal cliff faces, it is extremely rare and almost became extinct.

Roly

Healesville

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36062443@N04/sets/72157632450588204/

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 10:50

#43

Ross42

Green Bell Miner

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 10:58

#44

Holly

Hey guys

There seems to be a few double-ups going on! Make sure that the bird you are posting hasn't been used before (there are a couple of superb fairy-wrens and satin bowerbirds). I think we have also missed a colour or two along the way - remember the ROYGBIV!

I am not going to go back through and edit out errors now as a few of them are quite far back, lets just keep an eye on things moving forward. We are up to BLUE

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 11:31

#45

Roly

Sorry, I misunderstood the rules.

How you you delete a post entirely?

Roly

Healesville

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36062443@N04/sets/72157632450588204/

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 11:37

#46

mpb

Looks like blue then green played in reverse order so I will continue with Indigo (I say close enough on the throat)

Mark

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 16:55

#47

Araminta

Roly wrote:

Where was the Chough, M-L?

In my native Cornwall, the Cornish Chough is part of the County's Shield. Living on the steep, coastal cliff faces, it is extremely rare and almost became extinct.

This one was in the Park before you get to Serendip. You'll have to look it up on the map, Wolfgang was always driving and I never paid attention,we often went there, quite a nice area.

It's past Werribee and turn off at Lara.

M-L

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 17:39

#48

pacman

Violet - the Azure Kingfisher has violet tinted blue feathers

Peter

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 17:44

#49

Roly

Red!

Roly

Healesville

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36062443@N04/sets/72157632450588204/

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 19:36

#50

Araminta

Plenty of ORANGE on a Spotted Pardalote.

M-L

Fri, 19/09/2014 - 19:40

#51

Annie W

Yellow eye-ring just beginning to show on this Pallid Cuckoo fledgling

West Coast Tasmania

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