Charleston
Wasatch County, Utah
16 July 2007By the end of the summer young Ospreys
are fully-grown and starting to fly. Kent Keller took these
picture of very similar-looking adult and young Ospreys. There are
some differences however, some of which are listed below. See if
you can tell which is which in the following set of 16 pictures.
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Adult |
Juvenile |
Eye Color: |
yellow |
orange-red |
Back & upper wings: |
solid brown |
flecked with white |
Under parts & under wings: |
white |
buffy splotches that fades quickly to white |
Nape & back of head: |
brown & white |
buffy splotches and lighter brown |
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