BirdFellow Gallery

1 First summer male (July). California. Can be aged by the old juvenile wings and tail feathers that are much browner than the jet black wing coverts and scapulars. It also has one new black uppertail covert growing in that is tipped with white.
2 Adult male in alternate plumage (May). California.
3 Adult male (May). Oregon.
4 Alternate-plumaged adult male
5 Adult male (late May)
6 Alternate-plumaged adult male
7 Alternate-plumaged adult male (late May).
8 Adult male
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10 Adult male (late May).
11 Adult female in spring (May). Oregon.
12 Spring female (May). California.
13 Adult female (May). California. Females in midsummer can become almost white below. The upper mandible is darker color than the lower mandible. Female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are more boldly streaked below and have a paler bill.
14 Spring adult female (late May).
15 Spring, after hatch-year female (May), Oregon.
16 Spring female, presumed first-year (May), Oregon.
17 Spring female, presumed first-year bird (May), Oregon.
18 Spring female, presumed first-year (May), Oregon.
19 Late summer, hatch-year male (August). Oregon.

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