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Cooper’s Hawk
Common Murre
Barred Owl
Red-tailed Hawk (stepwise molt)
Downy Woodpecker
Peregrine Falcon
Swainson’s Thrush
European Starling (2 plumages, 1 molt)
Pileated Woodpecker
Green Heron (powder down feathers)
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Merlin
Varied Thrush (wing stripes)
Wilson’s Snipe
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Sharp-shinned Hawk (male)
Mallard (duckling belly button)
Northern Flicker (intergrades)
American Coot
Long-eared Owl (ear tufts)
American Coot
Anna’s Hummingbird
Great Blue Heron (powder down)
Great Blue Heron (YouTube link to preening GBH)
The Trouble with Tertials
Common Raven - juvenal plumage

American Coot
American Coot
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Anna's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
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Barred Owl
Barred Owl
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Common Murre
Common Murre
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Cooper's Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
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Downy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
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European Collared Dove
Eurasian Collared Dove
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European Starling
European Starling
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Great Blue Heron (powder down)
Great Blue Heron (powder down)

Video of preening Great Blue Heron

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Green Heron (powder down feathers)
Green Heron (powder down feathers)
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Long-eared Owl (ear tufts)
Long-Eared Owl (ear tufts)
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Mallard (duckling belly button)
Mallard (duckling belly button)
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Merlin
Merlin
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Northern Flicker
Northern Flicker
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Northern Pygmy Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl
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Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
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Pileated Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
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Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
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Red-tailed Hawk (stepwise molt)
Red-tailed Hawk (stepwise molt)
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Swainson's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
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Varied Thrush (wing stripes)
Varied Thrush (wing stripes)
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Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Snipe
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Common Raven nestling
Common Raven (juvenal plumage)
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*Please note that all birds are worked on under proper permits. It is illegal to possess birds or parts thereof (feathers, eggs, nests) of most North American native species without the proper permits or licenses in the case game birds. For more specific instructions see Specimen Salvage Page