LBBG adult EC40, Missouriweg, Maasvlakte, the Netherlands, March 30 2002. An adult bird ringed left leg orange EC40.
This bird was ringed as a pullus on the nest, July 1996. When those rings become older they are hard to read; the orange turns
brown and merges with the black code, especially the rings used this year. When ring data become available,
they will be added as soon as possible. This is probably a male, as the
dominant expression suggests. There are no moult gaps visible in adult
plumage by March, as this individual shows. It appears pretty neat, with a
slight wear over the wing coverts, especially the innermost coverts. Some
of the lowest lower scapulars have a very fresh look: pure grey without a
brown hue and neat fringes. This also applies to the central greater
coverts, which were probably moulted last.
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(below) LBBG adultEC40, May 13 2002, Missouriweg, Maasvlakte, the Netherlands (51.59N,04.02E).
This bird has no wear in the primary tips and the wing-coverts look pretty neat. There is some wear in the rear lower scapulars and in the upper three tertials.