BirdFellow Gallery

1 Winter adults (January), California.
2 Winter adult male (January).
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6 Basic-plumaged adult male (December)
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9 Winter flock (January).
10 Winter adult males (December). Pintails typically tip vertically as shown here when feeding.
11 Winter adult males (December).
12 Fall adult male in "eclipse" plumage (October). Note the bi-colored blue and black bill (females have all-dark bills).
13 Molting adult male in early Fall (September). This bird is transitioning from alternate ("eclipse") plumage to basic plumage
14 Fall adult male, transitional plumage (October), Oregon. This bird is molting from alternate ("eclipse") plumage into basic plumage.
15 Fall adult male, transitional plumage (October), Oregon. This bird is molting from alternate ("eclipse") plumage into basic plumage.
16 Early Fall adult male in "eclipse" plumage (September). Note bicolored, blue and black bill and lack of pattern in the scapulars and tertials.
17 Fall males transitioning from eclipse plumage to basic plumage (September).
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19 After hatch-year female (January), California. Strong pattern in scapulars suggests this is not a first winter bird.
20 Late Fall female (November), New Mexico. Dark-centered scapulars suggest that this is an adult.
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22 Winter adult female (January). Note all-dark bill and tawny unpatterned head.
23 Adult male and female (January).
24 Winter adult male (January).
25 Winter adult male (January).
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27 Winter adult male (January).
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29 Winter adult female (December).
30 Female (January). Small, rounded wing coverts suggest that this is a first winter bird
31 Adult males. This image shows the distinctive attenuated at both ends shape of flying Pintails.
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