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Spring adult (April).
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Spring adult (April).
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Mostly alternate-plumaged adult (April). Transitioning from basic to alternate plumage. Note white on chin and lower foreneck/breast.
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Group of adults in various stages of prealternate molt. Front left bird appears to have completed its prealternate molt, while the righthand bird and the back left bird are still transitioning from basic to alternate plumage.
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Alternate-plumaged adult
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Alternate-plumaged adult flaring head feathers in nuptial display.
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Transitional spring adult (April). This bird is molting from basic to alternate plumage. Note the remaining white on the breast.
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Winter adult.
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Early spring (March), New York.
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Early spring (April).
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Presumed first-winter (January), Washington. Appears more brownish on the hindneck and back than definitive basic-plumaged adults.
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