Comparison Pictures Part 8

For today, let's look at the Orchard Oriole. This is another bird that goes through some dramatic changes from juvenile to adult.

Comparison Pictures 7

I hope you all have not gotten tired of all the comparison pictures but since so many seemed to like them, I decided to do a few more. Another reason for this series of blogs is because I've kind of hit a low time in blogging. Like the trees right now, I feel kind of threadbare.

For today, my comparison pictures are not side-by-side but rather in a series of progressions. I went back and revisited my Northern Cardinal files and noticed that I had a lot of pictures of young birds growing up and changing into adults. In Cardinals, that progression can be noticed quite nicely in the coloration of the beak as it changes from black of the juvenile to bright orange of the adult. So I give you "black to orange".

Comparison Pictures Part 6

The last of the comparison pictures are of the Red-bellied Woodpecker. These birds are among my all time favorites particularly when they are young and noisy. It's a good thing that the young woodpecker has a little red on the top of the head to tell him apart from the female.

Comparison Pictures Part 5

Todays comparison picture is of the Baltimore Oriole. This is one bird that has a really dramatic change from juvenile to adult. I guess I'm always in a little awe at the changes. You can see in the left picture that the bird is just starting to get the orange on the breast.

Another Day of Odds and Ends

One more day for now of single Odds and Ends pictures. These are just pictures I have saved because I like them.

A young House Sparrow

A female Grosbeak and Goldfinches.

Mourning Dove

A male House Finch going through molt.

A female House Finch

Downy Woodpecker