When Ryan asked me to marry him after yes thousand of thought whirled through my mind at a thousand kilometers per second. When? Where? What will I wear? How will I style my hair? Who should I choose for bridesmaids? Why will it cost so much? But there was at least one thing I was sure of what colours I wanted for the wedding. I have known that years before I even knew I was going to get married because I knew what two colours I liked together. The problem is I’m no good at the names of the colours and cause I am a web geek I only know the hexadecimal colour codes for them. Adding to this is the complication that you can’t just say pretty blue and grey because people need the specific shades, is the grey silver? Steel? Platinum? Pewter? I dunno it’s grey okay!
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So you tell me what colours would YOU call those?
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Well that is OBVIOUSLY North-Island Kokako Blue. And North Island Kokako Grey. Here’s a photo to prove my point: http://www.stonesoup.co.nz/ecoqueer/archives/008280.html.
The DOC site has the following description.
The kōkako belongs to the endemic New Zealand wattlebirds (Callaeidae), an ancient family of birds which includes the North and South Island saddleback and the extinct huia.
The kōkako is the only member of its family still surviving on the mainland. A dark bluish-grey bird with a long tail and short wings, it has a pair of brightly coloured, fleshy “wattles” extending from either side of its gape to meet below the neck.
The North Island kōkako has blue wattles, while the South Island kōkako has orange or yellow wattles. The bird is not particularly good at flying and prefers to use its powerful legs to leap and run through the forest.
January 10th, 2009
Also:
Kōkako are renowned for the clarity and volume of their song which carries far across the forest. In the early morning, a pair may sing a duet for up to half an hour with other kōkako joining in to form a “bush choir”.
They protect large territories (eight hectares) by singing and chasing away invaders.
In Maori myth, it was the kōkako that gave Maui water as he fought the sun. The kōkako filled its wattles with water and brought it to Maui. His thirst quenched, Maui rewarded the kōkako by making its legs long and slender, enabling the bird to bound through the forest with ease in search of food.
January 10th, 2009
That’s awesome! Let us be renowned for the clarity and volume of our song.
January 12th, 2009
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