Turquoise Violet and Turquoise df Violet nest 2013

[John Shannon]

This mating produced four different looking Violets, df Violet df Turq ,sf violet df turq, sf Violet sf Turq and Violet blue. and one Violet Turquoise from an other nest.
The two together are from the same nest.
John s

[trabots]

Very interesting that the df Turquoise is so visible at fledging when combined with Violet. It is often hard to pick a df Turquoise until after their 2nd moult. Good going John.

[John Shannon]

Here is a UV photo of this nest, the DF turquoise is much richer than in single factor turquoise as shown in the next pictures of single factor Violet turquoise and DF violet sf turquoise pair last year under UV.