This is what I was able to Google... Posted 20 February 2011 - 03:26 PM It does get confusing and sometimes the terms are used interchangeably. Here is at least one explanation of bird life cycle terms. 1. Egg. Or what came first the___ or the egg! 2. Hatchling - The early stage of a bird's life in the nest after hatching from the egg. 3. Fledgling - The young nestling beginning to develop pin-feathers. 4. Juvenile - The bird in its first plumage. 5. Immature - The bird in all the plumages from juvenile to adult plumage. 6. Subadult - Used for birds that have some appearance of being an adult but are not yet sexually mature. 7. Adult - Sexually mature bird in its adult plumage. Tom Becker Floyd County, IN http://www.flickr.com/groups/kentucky_ornithological_society/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/iasphotos/ -----Original Message----- From: Charles Crawford <cr4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eileen Wicker <raptors@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wed, Apr 17, 2013 7:44 am Subject: [birdky] Re: ? I've been confused in the past! But what is the difference between juvenile and immature?? Charlie Henderson Co. On Apr 16, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Eileen Wicker wrote: > Pretty sure that is a juvenile Red Shouldered Hawk. > > Eileen > Eileen P. Wicker > Raptor Rehabilitation of Kentucky Inc > www.raptorrehab.org > (502)491-1939 > > When the power of love overcomes the love of power-the world will know > peace! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Jeff Finn > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:28 PM > To: 'birdky' > Subject: [birdky] ? > > This guy flew down to my pond yesterday being tormented by crows. I could > use a little help on this one's ID. 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