BirdFellow Gallery

1 Eggs collected by Manassa Schrock at Silver Lake, Lake Co., Oregon 30 May 1959.
2 Spring adults (April), California. Note difference in bill curvature between the female (right) and the male (left).
3 Male (foreground) and female in alternate plumage. Note more strongly upturned bill on female.
4 Spring adult female (April), Arizona.
5 Summer adult male (June), Montana.
6 Summer adult male (June), Arizona.
7 Summer adult male (June), Arizona.
8 Summer adult female (June).
9 Summer adult male (June).
10 Late-summer fading adult male (August), Ohio. Note the patches of cinnamon coloration remaining on the head, neck, and breast.
11 Fall adult female (November), California.
12 Late fall adult female (November), California.
13 Fall female (October), Ohio.
14 Fall adult male (October), Ohio.
15 Presumed juvenile (September), Ohio. Note slightly darker and buffy hindneck and very neat plumage (no evidence of molt).
16 Presumed juvenile male (August). Note buffy nape and hindneck.
17 Presumed juvenile (September), Ohio. Note the fresh condition of all the flight and covert feathers and slightly buffer darker nape and hindneck.
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22 Alternate-plumaged adult (June), threat posture
23 Late summer molting adults (August).
24 Alternate plumaged adult in front, basic plumaged bird (with gray head) in rear.
25 Nest (June)
26 Nest with eggs

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