Bird Identification: CLOSED: Need help identifying several juveniles., 1 by Grasmussen
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Grasmussen wrote: This is one of three Northern Shrikes I encountered together in alpine tundra 7/07/2009 on the Denali Hwy . I was surprised to see yellow beaks, of juveniles, in all of the pictures I took. Juvenile Northern Shrikes should have brown plumage according to all of my references, both published and personal accounts. Plus this bird still has downy baby plumage. Comments please. |