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["Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EPPC OOS KNPC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxx>]

I figured I should nip something in the bud that I probably caused by not 
looking closely enough at the spoonbill yesterday. I must admit to not looking 
too closely at the bird as we did not take scopes and didn't want to get too 
close so as to scare it ... so it is entirely possible that we were mistaken in 
thinking that the head of this bird was not feathered, thus taking us to a 
theory that it was 2nd year. I would have sworn that it was not, but Tom's 
photo and Roseanna's observation from mid-week is of a bird with a head covered 
in white feathers. There could, of course, be two birds, but this is probably a 
lot less likely that our observations simply not being careful enough. I also 
must admit to not looking at wing tips, but Roseanna's observation of dusky 
wing tips is consistent with Tom's photos.
 
Thanks, Roseanna, for asking me about that!
 
bpb, Frankfort