Photos of birds, nature & travel: U.S.- Canada-Costa Rica-Panama-Australia-New Zealand-Fiji-South Africa-Zambia-Zimbabwe-Botswana-Trinidad & Tobago- Mexico-Bahamas-Jamaica-Grand Cayman-Portugal-Italy-Greece-Turkey-Dominican Republic-Columbia- Guatemala-St Kitts-Guadaloupe-Barbados-Grenada-Aruba-Bonaire
Translate
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
EUROPEAN STARLINGS, RICHMOND GREEN PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ON
The European Starling at the upper right is molting from breeding to nonbreeding plumage. The starling still has the completely dark head of breeding plumage, but its bill is dark and it has the numerous white dots of nonbreeding plumage. The starling on the lower left looks like it has completely molted into nonbreeding plumage. August-September is generally when this molting takes place.
SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, RICHMOND GREEN PARK, RICHMOND HILL, ONz
The first two photos show a Spotted Sandpiper in breeding plumage. In the second photo the sandpiper is about to take off in flight. In both photos you can see the bold dark spots underneath of the breeding plumage. The last two photos show a Spotted Sandpiper in nonbreeding plumage. August is generally when the Spotted Sandpiper molts from breeding (summer) to nonbreeding plumage (winter).
Monday, August 29, 2016
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)