I pulled up an article about the bird dye process. According to the article, no one catches birds and sprays them down. It could stress the bird out.

What they do is put food and dye out. As the birds eat, they step in the dye, which subsequently gets in their feathers.

The end effect is a bird that looks more like a tie dye tee shirt than anything else. The article says this ensures no two birds look alike and can easily be identified. That is what I read.

What I would like to know is what type of camera and medium was used to take the picture.

to the non-believers who created the green gull-- yes the earth is flat - the moon is made of green cheese and you voted for bohama. To Dean, a canon rebel xti with a 75 to 300mm lens. I know nothing was set corectly for the 15 pictures 'cause there was no time. shoot em or lose em.

I think I actually like Big Bird better that way!

My friend Jay sells pics to places like Cornell. He has photo evidence of that bird from that day being bright blue for certain. One also showed up on several bird lists around that time.