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Re: Thick-billed Murre photos

Some comments concerning the age of the bird:
- rather thin (as for that species) bill - in that case the very downcurved upper edge of the bill is diagnostic for Thick-billed
- some brownish colors on rather dirty whitish throat patch (more pure white in adults even in moulting ones is more black and white)
- rather narrow and ill defined white trailing edge to the secondaries (very well visible in adults)
- some brownish tinge on the upperwing (seen on primary coverts)
all together suggest 1 immature (1st winter bird)

Mike

Will Cook wrote:

I finally had a chance to post some photos that I took last week of the wonderful Fort Macon murre:

http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/pix/tbmurre.html

and also the flock of 12 Purple Sandpipers resting nearby on a buoy:

http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/pix/purplesandpiper3888.jpg


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