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Spring adult male (April).
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Spring adult male "auduboni (May).
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Spring adult male "auduboni" (May).
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Spring adult male "auduboni" (May).
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Spring male "auduboni," presumed first-spring (May), Washington.
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Spring adult male "auduboni" (May), Washington.
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Spring adult male "auduboni (May), Washington.
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Spring adult male "auduboni" (April), Washington.
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Spring adult male "auduboni" (May).
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Winter adult male "auduboni" (February), Washington.
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Winter, likely first-year male "auduboni (January), Baja California Sur, Mexico. Darker feathering around the base of the bill suggests that it has commenced its prealternate molt.
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Spring, molting first-year male "auduboni" (March), Baja California Sur, Mexico. Transitioning from first basic to first alternate.
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Summer adult female "auduboni" (August)
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Summer adult female "auduboni" (August). This bird is also well into prebasic molt.
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Fall adult female "auduboni" in early fall (September), Washington. Prebasic molt appears to be nearly complete. Note retained blue-gray in upper tail coverts and on lesser coverts (shoulder).
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Summer adult female "auduboni" (August). Prebasic molt appears to be nearly complete.
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Winter adult female "auduboni" (December), Washington.
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Early spring, first-year female "auduboni" (March), Baja California Sur, Mexico. Note the more restricted and rounded throat patch and compare to the broader, angular throat patch of "coronata."
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Summer juvenile "auduboni" (July), Washington.
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Summer juvenile auduboni (July), Washington.
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Summer male coronata (June), Manitoba.
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Summer adult male"coronata" (June), Manitoba.
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Spring male "coronata" in spring (May). Sparse black on breast and upper flanks suggests that this is a first-spring male.
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Spring male "coronata" (May). Sparse amount of black on breast suggests this is a first-year male.
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Spring, presumed first-year male "coronata" (May), Alaska.
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Presumed first-spring male "coronata" (May).
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Spring adult female "coronata" (May).
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Summer adult female "coronata" (June), Alaska.
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Summer adult female "coronata" (June), Alaska.
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Spring female "coronata" (March), Texas. Presumed first-spring female based on dull brown tones above.
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Winter adult female "coronata" (February), Ohio. This bird has started its prealternate molt. Note fresh bluish-gray feathers on crown, nape, and lesser coverts, along with the black coming in on the face.
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Fall, after hatch-year, sex uncertain (October), Ohio.
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Fall adult female "coronata" (October), Ohio. Note the lack of streaking below and the retained alternate feathers (gray) on the mantle and in the lesser coverts (shoulder).
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Fall, hatch-year "coronata" (October), Ohio. Note the warm brown upperparts and creamy buff on underparts. No evidence of adult plumage. Note the angular corners of the throat patch and compare to the rounded throat patch of "auduboni."
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Fall, hatch-year "coronata" (October), Ohio. Note the warm brown upperparts and creamy buff on underparts. No evidence of adult plumage. Note the angular corners of the throat patch and compare to the rounded throat patch of "auduboni."
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Spring adult (May), Washington. The somewhat odd shape of the throat patch, combined with the mix of white and yellow on the throat suggest that this may be an intergrade Audubon's X Myrtle.
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Spring adult male Myrtle X Audubon's intergrade (April), Oregon. Note strong black mask, white over the eye and medium gray, heavily-streaked back (all "coronata" features). The angular throat patch suggests "coronata," but it's both yellow and white.
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