Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens - Jacksonville, Florida
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A second page of birds in various exhibits or enclosures throughout the zoo

The zoo has two bald eagles which they acquired after the birds had been permanently injured.
[The eagle now has its wings outstretched and its body facing the camera. Its right wing is only a short stump. The left wing is complete and full of feathers.]

I believe this is the other eagle. (Photo taken on a different visit, so I'm not sure.)
[A close view of the head and upper body of the eagle which is facing to the left as its right eye watches the camera. The white feathers on its head seems to have tinges of brown in them. The dark brown feathers on its body blend into the background.]

Turkey
[Close view of the left side of the turkey's head. A relatively short beak sticks out from the red and tan folded skin of the turkey's head and upper neck. There is a folded piece of skin on the top of the beak near the head. The turkey has a brown eye.]

Eagle owl
[The owl is perched on a thick branch with screen behind it. This owl has light and dark grey feathers. There is a dark brown ring around its face, but the ring is not visible at the top and bottom of its head. The owl is looking down at the camera with its eyelids partially visible.]

Indian blue peahen (The blurred grey lines in the foreground is fencing.)
[The bird sits on the ground with its head facing the right. The birds head is an irridescent blue. The tips of its headdress is the same color. The front of the bird is blue while the back feathers are brown and white and gold and green.]

Racket-tailed roller (Images taken on two different trips.)
[Two images spliced together. The image on the left is a closer view of the bird and cuts off part of its long tail. It is a side view which shows the wings to be mostly brown with some slate-grey edges and some black feathers underneath was well as the length of its tail. A dark line extends from the bill throught the dark eye to the back of the head. The image on the right has the bird facing the camera and showing its entire body. The lower half of its head and underbelly are pale blue. The bill is relative short and brown. It is perched on a branch and its tail has black feathers and appears to be equally as long as its body. Its belly looks rather fluffy.]

Female kookaburra
[The bird sits on a thick branch with its back to the camera, but its head is turned to the left so the face is visible. The bird's head is approximately a third of the bird's size (it has a relatively large head) and has grey and brown feathers with a large dark brown patch on its cheek. The bill has an orange lower half and a silvery upper half. The ends of the feathers on its body are rounded and are mostly brown with a few white tinges. The tail feathers are relatively short and are striped with alternating shades of light and dark brown except for the ends which are mostly white.]

Violet curaco
[The bird sits on a thick branch; its legs and feet are not visible. Its body is blue and black. Its head is black, maroon, light-yellow, and red and has a white stripe through the black portion. Its bill is orange.]

Golden-breasted starling
[The bird is perched on a branch. Its head is green. Its lower neck, back, and wing are dark purple. Its underside is bright golden-yellow.]

Rainbow lorikeet
[This bird has a curved orange bill, a blue head, a yelllow neck, an orange stomach, and green on its back and wings. There is a red circle around its eye. This image is a close view of the upper two thirds of the body. The rest of the stick on which it is perched is seen behind the bird.]

Egyptian goose
[This tan bird has a dark brown back and a white wing with a thin black stripe on it. Its neck and upper head are white and brown with a large brown spot with a yellow eye in the center. Its bill is light pink with dark brown at the tip of the bill and around the bill where it attaches to the head.]

Cape Barren goose (native to Australia)
[This tan bird stands on the dirt beside a round feeding bowl which has been turned on its side so the seeds spill on the ground. The bird has a two-toned bill which is white on top and has a black strip on the bottom. Its entire head, belly, and back are the same light brown color. It has light pink legs and dark grey feet.]

The white-bellied bustard on the right is sitting. (The grid-marks on the image are the fence through which this photo was taken.
[The sitting birds is behind long grass and only partially visible. The standing bird has a white belly, a grey neck, brown back feathers, a white face with black stripes under the eyes and chin, and short light-colored beak. Its legs are light tan.]

Interesting color patterns on this white-bellied bustard's feathers
[The bird is standing, but its head is tucked very close to its body exposing only the upper half and beak of the head. The body feathers are puffy and are a variegated brown color with many small details.]

White-bellied bustard
[A close view of the head and upper neck of the bird. Its light blue right eye is looking directly at the camera. There is a light tan portion over the eye while the rest of the top of the head is medium brown. The underside of its head and the first part of its neck is dirty white. The neck appears to feathers which are speckled both very light and dark. It has a short flesh-colored beak with one nostril showing in it.]

Wrinkled hornbill
[This bird with a large wide bill similar to a toucan has a mostly black body with a white patch on its neck. Its head is white with a blue section around its eye. Its bill is brown, yellow, and white, and has a red section like a crest on the top of the bill.]

Female wreathed hornbill
[This bird with a large wide bill similar to a toucan has a black body and head with a light-blue patch on its neck. It has a red section on the skin around its eye. Its bill is cream-colored and the part closest to its head has ridges (which may be the wreathed part).]

Male wreathed hornbill
[This bird is similar to the female except it has a yellow pouch rather than blue on its neck and its neck is tan rather than black.]

Rhinoceros hornbill
[This mostly black bird is perched on a thick rope strung across the exhibit. It has some whte undersides to its belly and most of its thick bill is white. The upper portion of the bill closest to its eyes is yellow orange. Sitting atop the bill curved upward is a yellow piece, the horn of the rhinoceros. It looks like a stiff banana peel that is peeling away from the upper section of the bill.]

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