White on White Photography (1 Viewer)

Don't know if it would have any relevance to your original question Maroon Jay, as Farnboro John suggests the younger birds would perhaps be more inquisitive and less experienced, thus allowing a "closer approach". I note that you have imaged a sub-adult male (almost evenly white..with just some light spotting to the primary tips) I've found that with other species of birds where there is clear difference between the sexes, often the females are bolder than the males?

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I thought that both males and females are spotted when they are young. Is that correct? In older birds, the males are much whiter than females. All I know for sure is that the darker ones are less timid than pure white ones.

Maroon Jay said:

I thought that both males and females are spotted when they are young. Is that correct? In older birds, the males are much whiter than females. All I know for sure is that the darker ones are less timid than pure white ones.

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We had a local snowy for a while this year, my first, so I did some research. This may help.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/snowy.htm

fugl said:

Wow! Step-up the contrast a tad and nothing at all would show except bill, eye & eyebrow & a hint of the feet.

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Do you mean like this?

Ian