Thursday 7 November 2024

Sculthorpe Moor - 7th November 2024

 Another successful attempt at daylight thermalling for Jack Snipe resulted in the capture of an adult and juvenile. This allowed for some nice comparison photos.

Adult on right with cleaner, more extensive pale feathering on head

Undertail coverts, brown streaks along shafts of some feathers for adult, 
very little on undertail coverts of juvenile

Juvenile has narrower white tips to primary coverts

More strongly marked throat feathers on adult

There was quite a weight difference between these two, adult 48.4g and juvenile a very healthy 73.3g.