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Thanks, Heather. Don't know the bird type but this was taken in the
Vancouver/Victoria area , maybe at Butchart Gardens. macky

BrightSpark wrote ...
>Oh, I love this, Macky! I do believe this will be my wallpaper for a
>while after Christmas (got the "decorations" up as wallpaper just
>now!!!) Trying to figure out what kind he is - thought he might be of
>the parakeet type variety, but wrong beak! He's very elegant, though,
>and I love his hair-do!! Looks very lush and "tropically" around him!
>Thanks! :o)))
>
>Heather
>

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To: jskim@AnimalPicturesArchive.com

The bird named in the subject line is a Red-Headed Cardinal, native to South
America and sometimes kept as a cage bird in Europe.

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To: jskim@AnimalPicturesArchive.com

I think that this bird is called a Brazilian Crested Cardinal. I think
that to be photographed in Vancouver, it must be an escaped cage bird.
Bill