2) Corpus Christi on January 6, 2001, taken at the same location
as 1) above, this individual is rather different, being darker-mantled,
darker-eyed, later in primary molt (P9 is just appearing beyond
P8), and with the streaking strongest on the lower nape; note
also the rather slim body, blood-red gonydal spot, small apical
spots, and small P10 mirror well-separated from the tip:
3) Lake Lewisville (north of Dallas) on January 8, 2001; note:-
how the lighting/angle affects the tone of the mantle; the dumpy
body shape (on a fairly warm, sunny afternoon); the fairly large
apical spots; the clean yellow bill with blood-red gonydal spot;
the very late molt (P8 is the longest, with P9 well short of the
wing-tip and P10 not yet half-grown)