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  • Three gannets, an adult and two immatures, birds of the open sea, and big and bright enough to match it, fly in front of me, drawing their long wings through the wind like turbine blades and moving crazily south toward the green of the Ouse and the great cul-de-sac.

    A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

  • Their social behaviour is interesting in that non-breeding individuals, including immatures of both sexes and adult males, assist breeding pairs in raising their young.

    Bucorvids: post-Cretaceous maniraptorans on the savannah Darren Naish 2006

  • Their social behaviour is interesting in that non-breeding individuals, including immatures of both sexes and adult males, assist breeding pairs in raising their young.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Roseates are wonderfully colorful, with pink coats adults only—immatures are white; white necks streaked with red; green, featherless heads; and red feet and legs.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Roseates are wonderfully colorful, with pink coats adults only—immatures are white; white necks streaked with red; green, featherless heads; and red feet and legs.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Roseates are wonderfully colorful, with pink coats adults only—immatures are white; white necks streaked with red; green, featherless heads; and red feet and legs.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Although its nuchal collar, as in immatures, is washed with pale cinnamon-buff, its thighs are not heavily marked with dark brown spots.

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

  • One Hovey Lake birder spotted 17 eagles there - two adult pairs and 13 immatures - nesting territories still in place from previous years.

    courierpress.com Stories 2010

  • One Hovey Lake birder spotted 17 eagles there - two adult pairs and 13 immatures - nesting territories still in place from previous years.

    courierpress.com Stories 2010

  • The tiny dark dots at "ground level" are immatures.

    Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds) Wanderin' Weeta 2010

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