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16-JUL-2005 Tom Grey

European Starling, adult, molting

Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco

This bird has mostly molted to non-breeding plumage, in mid-July -- the bill has gone from yellow to dark, and the arrowhead-spotted non-breeding plumage is coming in under the old abraded feathers on which the white tips have rubbed off.

Canon EOS 20D
1/500s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso800 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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