Juvenile Birds

Gray Catbird juvenile Where the upper and lower mandibles of the bill join is the gape, which is more flexible and brighter in a juvenle. Just visible here, along with the still-short tail.an>

Gray Catbird An adult with the darker bill and a fully formed long tail

Cedar Waxwing juvenile Almost an adult, but with stripes on its breast, and still following its parents around.

Cedar Waxwing A parent perched on the same branch as a juvenile.

Cedar Waxwing Not as social as normally. two adults decide to have some kind of dust-up.

Cedar Waxwing Sitting on a freshly made nest, incubating eggs at Owen Park.

Chipping Sparrow juvenile Hopping around on its own in the grass in search of food. No parents in sight.

House Finch juvenile Still sporting one or two of the distinctive little feather tufts on the top of its head.

Song Sparrow juvenile Finer stripes along the breast and side, with the distinctive black smear just forming in the center.

Green Heron juvenile First the long look of this shape-shifter, crest up and still retaining a few of the head pin feathers.

Green Heron juvenile Then the short look of the same individual.

Green Heron juvenile A hop to another metal pole and a medium-length look as something below has become really interesting.

Green Heron With an occasional call, it perched high up in a dead tree at Owen Park, sharing space with a variety of birds.

Osprey The small golden carp, or goldfish, of Stricker's Pond make for a good meal for herons and Ospreys alike.

Great Blue Heron Taking a time-out from the hunt, a Great Blue Heron climbs through the air up to a favorite dead tree.

Great Blue Heron Even a tiny retaining pond at Owen Park has the huge goldfish of the carp family. They're everywhere.

Indigo Bunting female You wouldn't know this was the same species as the male.

Indigo Bunting male The more familiar brilliant color of the male.

American Goldfinch For late nesters like these, when thistle seeds form, August is a prime month. It can be both food and nest material.

Baltimore Oriole Though mating and nesting season have wound down for them, they still find the energy for a territorial dispute.

Blue Jay Noisy and highly visible, they elusively appear and disappear in the blink of an eye.

Northern Flicker With a wing flared out for a stretch, all the yellow shafts of the feathers show.

Red-bellied Woodpecker A male sitting briefly on a branch before zipping off, trailing chatters, to do the same elsewhere.

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