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    Senior Member mn shutterbug's Avatar
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    Sleeping, cataracts, blind?

    I didn't realize until I got this photo on my PC, that his eye is just not quite right. I can't imagine that he was sleeping, considering they don't sit it one spot for more than a few seconds. Maybe they take real shot cat naps. What stinks is, this would have probably been my best oriole shot.
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    Re: Sleeping, cataracts, blind?

    NICE shot!!

    That's a nictitating membrane, not a cataract or blindness. Birds use it (As do sharks and lizards) to protect the eye without closing it.

    Have you tried cloning in an eye from another oriole shot?
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    Re: Sleeping, cataracts, blind?

    Hey, you've got quite a few colorful birds in your area!

    I caught a sandhill crane kind of like that, too, with the membrane halfway across the eye.

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