> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > John Sessoms
> A search for "Killdeer" in Google Images also turned up many images > showing the red circle around the eye. They must be heavy drinkers. B > > I also found this: > http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/killdeer_712.html > > : Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) > : Species code: CHVO > : > : Description: The Killdeer is the largest of the ringed plovers, and > : the only plover in its range with a double breast band. Killdeers > : have brown upperparts, white underparts, and orange rumps. The eyes > : are dark with a bright red eye ring (see photo below). In flight, the > : Killdeer's long, slender wings have conspicuous white wing stripes. > > > > > John - is this the photo you meant to send? cant see a red circle > > around eye > > > > ann > > > > On 5/9/2012 22:56, John Sessoms wrote: > >> From: Jeffery Smith > >>> The killdeer photos seem to be consistent with two black rings > >>> around the neck area rather than one. > >> The second ring is hidden by the angle it's photographed from. It > >> extends across the chest lower than the ring around the neck. > >> > >> Here's a good closeup that shows the red circle around the eye & how > >> the lower black "ring" is not complete. > >> > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Killdeer_%28Charadrius_vociferus%29 > >> _-female_on_nest.jpg > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
