And even though the mesh is painted black, it's in the sun for much of the day so you can't help but getting washed out shots. And I had to manually focus many of them, because the lens kept hunting when it was on autofocus.
In the 1960's the Honolulu Zoo had 27 birds of paradise (of 9 different species), easily the largest collection of those birds in the USA. Some of the birds were leftovers from when the zoo was known as Waikiki Bird Park (1935-1947) but the only other zoo on the planet with more birds of paradise at that time was Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. In the past 25 years Honolulu Zoo has bred 3 different species of birds of paradise: Superb (14), Raggiana (8) and Magnificent (32 offspring).
The Honolulu Zoo: Waikiki's Wildlife Treasure 1915-2015 is a fantastic history book that is large (8.5" x 11"), hefty in weight (364 pages), somewhat expensive but a must-own for any zoo enthusiast. It was extensively reviewed in a recent issue of Zoo Grapevine magazine.
