tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post3456786061520834992..comments2024-03-22T21:58:18.933+00:00Comments on ShukerNature: MYSTERY MACAWS OF THE WEST INDIES.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15628598508836601012noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-12551099074189002582014-05-27T05:02:53.694+01:002014-05-27T05:02:53.694+01:00It's very disturbing that so many macaws have ...It's very disturbing that so many macaws have gone extinct. How many other birds are long-gone because of hunting and habitat destruction, birds we'll never know about because no descriptions were made or specimens preserved?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-14220510362751677162013-09-16T15:00:10.330+01:002013-09-16T15:00:10.330+01:00The atwood's macaw looks alot like a hybrid of...The atwood's macaw looks alot like a hybrid of Military X Blue and Gold macaw...Tim Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466322678662355882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-64109461488526044302011-11-25T22:20:32.930+00:002011-11-25T22:20:32.930+00:00Interesting - I can see what you mean, the slight ...Interesting - I can see what you mean, the slight hint of darkness at the very edge of the wing. Not sure whether that is genuinely part of the macaw, though, or merely shadow, or even background. I'll have to see if I can view the original some time at the Natural History Museum. It would be good to see it directly.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-68466714382034756722011-11-25T19:55:12.642+00:002011-11-25T19:55:12.642+00:00In some photos of the Savery painting (like this o...In some photos of the Savery painting (like this one http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/art-nature-imaging/collections/art-themes/caught_in_oils/images/dodo_main.jpg), I swear I can see the suggestion of dark blue primaries on the red macaw. I notice this is missing from the Keulemans copy - so am I seeing something that isn't really there? That part of the painting is pretty murky, after all...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964135795202852983noreply@blogger.com