Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 10:15:11 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bob Mumford Subject: Re: Avocet age MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The head and neck color appears beige, not rusty, the back and scapulars appear brownish rather than black, and the bill is upturned. See Sibley, page 169. It is certainly possible that the bird is an adult female with very worn feathers giving the appearance described above. Bob Mumford Darnestown ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================