{"id":2240,"date":"2017-07-31T01:21:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T01:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2018-02-21T18:07:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T18:07:55","slug":"the-green-morass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=2240","title":{"rendered":"Colour misconception: sunshine filtered through green leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunshine filtering through green leaves of both forest canopy and leafy undergrowth can \u2018alter\u2019 the true colour of a bird\u2019s plumage; this is especially true of whites, which can turn yellowish, and light greens and browns, which can increase in perceived saturation.<!--more--> In my experience, birds in fresh\u00a0basic plumage are especially prone to colour misconception. Take, for example, this first basic (first fall) Least<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"> Flycatcher. I followed this bird with my lens, taking a series of photos as it foraged low in the leafy undergrowth. Midday sunlight shone through the canopy above. Notice here (using the \u201ctrue\u201d appearance of the bird, at right, as a guide) in the photo at left how the whites turn to yellowish-green, and the light dusky tones turn to a deep, mossy green.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Photo: Least Flycatcher. Shirleys Bay, Ontario. 4 September 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/013-1280x903.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2241\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2241 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/013-1280x903-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"013 (1280x903)\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/013-1280x903-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/013-1280x903-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/013-1280x903-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/013-1280x903.jpg 1965w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo<\/strong>: Least Flycatcher. Shirleys Bay, Ontario. 4 September 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunshine filtering through green leaves of both forest canopy and leafy undergrowth can \u2018alter\u2019 the true colour of a bird\u2019s plumage; this is especially true of whites, which can turn yellowish, and light greens and browns, which can increase in perceived saturation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2240"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8354,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions\/8354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}