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              Side View, 25 - 28 Oct    
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                  | 1 Nov 2011
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                  | 12 Nov 2011
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                  | 12 Nov 2011
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                  | 12 Nov 2011
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                  | 15 Nov 2011 
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                  vertical line towards the nape of the neck has become more 
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                  | 15 Nov 2011 - ...and also the white neck ring is more defined 
                  in only 3 days. .
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                  | 20 Nov 2011
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                  | 25 Nov 2011 - Notice the black edging along the vertical 
                  breast stripe is forming nicely.
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                  | 25 Nov 2011
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    | The presumed outcome:  This is a picture of a male in breeding 
    plumage taken in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming on
     May 14th, 2006, also by Paul Higgins. 
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              All Photos by Paul Higgins     
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