BirdFellow Gallery

1 After hatch-year (June)
2 After hatch-year (June), Oregon. Lack of obvious molt limits in wings and yellow base to the bill suggest this is an adult
3 Summer adult (June), Oregon. Interior birds in the West are larger, grayer-backed and lack any buff on the breast. The breast is clean white with large blackish spots. It is unclear whether these birds are "C. g. slevini" or "C. g. auduboni."
4 Summer adult (June), Oregon. The breast pattern of this bird,clean white with no buff and rather large blackish spots, is typical of inland breeding populations found in the West.
5 Summer adult (June), Washington. This bird is likely of the subspecies "C. g. slevini." Although the upperparts are somewhat grayish, it is not as gray above as the birds found farther east in Oregon and Washington.
6 Summer adult (June), Washington. This bird is likely of the subspecies "C. g. slevini." Although the upperparts are somewhat grayish, it is not as gray above as the birds found farther east in Oregon and Washington.
7 Summer adult (June), Washington. This bird is likely of the subspecies "C. g. slevini." Although the upperparts are somewhat grayish, it is not as gray above as the birds found farther east in Oregon and Washington.
8 Summer adult.
9 Adult
10 Winter, after hatch-year (January).
11 Basic-plumaged (December), presumed adult based yellowish base to bill
12 Fall, age uncertain (November), Ohio. Aging birds from photos often not possible.
13 Winter (December), Washington. Pinkish base to the bill suggests that this is a hatch-year bird (first winter). The small, heavily-spotted, brown-backed birds that winter along the northern Pacific Coast are generally assigned to C. g. nanus.
14 Winter (December), Washington. Pinkish base to the bill suggests that this is a hatch-year bird (first winter). The small, heavily-spotted, brown-backed birds that winter along the northern Pacific Coast are generally assigned to C. g. nanus.
15 Winter (December), Washington. Pinkish base to the bill suggests that this is a hatch-year bird (first winter). The small, heavily-spotted, brown-backed birds that winter along the northern Pacific Coast are generally assigned to C. g. nanus.
16 After hatch-year (May)
17 Basic-plumaged after hatch-year (January)
18 Basic plumage (December)
19 Summer juvenile (July), Washington. Interior form.
20 Summer juvenile (July), Washington. Note pale edges to coverts and mantle and scaly look to underparts.
21 Presumed hatch-year (October), based on yellow gape, though a positive age determination cannot be made from this image.
22 Basic-plumaged adult (June)
23 Basic-plumaged (December), presumed adult based on yellowish base to the bill
24 Presumed hatch-year based on pink base to bill (December)
25 Basic-plumaged adult (July)

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