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female yellow-headed blackbird? least concern???
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Yep!
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is this social bird? do the females help each other raise chicks? if soo, then what is this term called?
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Common Eider, yep they're social, the term is "cooperative breeding."
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yep! your turn!!
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Semi-evil. :)
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Black backed gull in its first winter?
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Yep.
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how can you tell the year??
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The plumage is indicative of a juvenile, and their plumage is described by summer or winter, so a juvenile with full feathering would be a first winter bird. Any younger and they would have down left.
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