The color blue is commonly found in nature. Many varieties of birds found in our own backyards exhibit a shade of blue. While some colors in plumage are the result of a pigment, the blue in feathers is due to their structure. Light refracts off of the feather proteins and we see it as blue. […] …
Big Stretch
Keito, female Blue Headed Pionus.
BBC News: Pterosaurs: Fur flies over feathery fossils
Pterosaurs: Fur flies over feathery fossils - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46572782
BBC News: Archaeopteryx: The day the fossil feathers flew
Archaeopteryx: The day the fossil feathers flew - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45967655
Reason for being
My daily motivation has a feathered blue head and whispers 'I love you' without coaxing. Each day is such a blessing with this sweet girl.
Overturned Truck Flips Commuters The Bird, Spilling 40,000 Lbs. Of Feathers
Kaleidoscope of beauty
The sun really brings out Keito's greens, blues and coppers.
Strike a Pose
Show me a more beautiful supermodel! Keito knows how to strike just that pose - she outta be in pictures 🙂
More Proof that Dinosaurs Had Feathers
Palaeontologists have discovered a 1.4-inch dinosaur’s tail, complete with delicate feathers, bones and soft tissue, preserved in amber. The lump of resin was recovered at an amber market in northern Burma near the Chinese border, where it was destined to become jewelry. It originally came from a mine in the Hukawng Valley in Kachin state.… via …
The Northern Herper 
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