In many bird species, the male is much more colourful than the female:

Belted Kingfishers are different. The female has a rusty patch on the side which the male does not.

I photographed a female coping with a large fish this morning at Col. Sam Smith Park:

Other birds:

NATURE POETRY

this is the garden: colours come and go,

frail azures fluttering from night’s outer wing

strong silent greens serenely lingering,

absolute lights like baths of golden snow.         – e. e. cummings (1894–1962)

Miles Hearn