Dusky conure photos!

[asterroc]

Tuesday I put down a deposit on the dusky conure I'd been visiting with. It will be at least two weeks before I can take her home, as they need to do a throat culture first. Today I visited with her before work, and I took a few pictures. She was absolutely terrified of the camera, so I didn't take too many, I didn't use the flash to scare her more, and I didn't zoom in. The photos came out slightly dull in color, and slightly blurred (since I and she were both moving), so I (unlike usual) actually edited them a bit for color, sharpness, and cropped. Below are the two I like best.


This is my new dusky conure from the back. Her back/wings are actually slightly iridescent, though it doesn't show in the photo.


And from the front, kinda. I can tell her from her "brother" because above her nostrils is a little more tan, and her belly is a little lighter a green. That and they "squared off" the very tip of the other one's tail. :-P

Edit:
Forgot to mention, I'm looking for naming help! Some of my ideas include Sushi, Dragonfly, and Kappa. I'm currently leaning towards Sushi or Kappa - the latter was suggested by "Foxtrot" (CTY friend), in reference to cucumber maki (sushi rolls), and also reminds me of κ (Greek letter).

Comments

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Cool! Have you picked a name for your new beeb?

[l0stmyrel1g10n.livejournal.com]

how do you convince a bird to open its mouth for long enough to get a throat-swabby-thing in and out? especially if it's not the first time she's had a throat culture--i'd imagine she'd learn quickly that it's uncomfortable.

[ayashi.livejournal.com]

Aw I really like the name "Sushi" :D

[cosmicwonder.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on finding a bird!

As for names, I really like Dragonfly because the color of the insect is similar to the color of the bird. Kappa could be kewl too, especially with the cucumber reference. Not a fan of Sushi - mixing a food name with an animal is disturbing to me. However, I do find it funny that my parents' friends named their fish Sushi and Sashimi.

[meig.livejournal.com]

She's beautiful! And I love the name Sushi.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

She's really lovely :) I like the name Kappa, but probably because I think it's more fun to say than Sushi.

I'm thinking now that choosing a name that would be easier for the bird to pronounce might be clever; my Claude can't say "Claude" very well - it comes out more like "Clird" (or maybe that is a mashup of "Claude" and "bird," because I say "Hey bird!" to him a lot).

[demigoth.livejournal.com]

Another source for Kappa:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_%28folklore%29

I like Kappa better than sushi as a name, but maybe that's because I don't like the way my mouth says the "sh" sound. :)

[framefolly.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! Oh -- what a beauty! Have you settled on a name yet? I think Sushi and Kappa are both great, esp. since her color reminds me of wasabi and avocado ;) .

(hugs) so glad you have a new bird.