This phoenix is part of the long lost tribe of forest phoenixes in the yucca flats of Arizona....there are actually thousands of them out there, but being very fast, have eluded being caught on camera for all this time....but, by virtue of the new Kodak DC2003 stealth lens, I can zoom from miles away and capture the little rascals without them knowing. If you notice, they are eating those battle slugs, which changes the feather colors...green + purple=yellow..or orange, depending on light.... These guys are also hermaphrodites, special species to promote their longevity...they are also known as being very good pets...and as a bonus, do not carry monkeypox.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.
All things connect......Chief Seattle, 1854