thank you martin, i thought that might be the case, but i didn't find
anything on point. this guy was very new out of the nest.

regards,

t

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Martin Muller <martinmuller at msn.com>wrote:

> Dave,
>
> From the Birds of North America Online:
> Mouth-lining of chicks bright red, with thick, pale yellow fleshy tissue
> around gape; bill pale (McMannama 1950<http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/343/articles/species/343/biblio/bib059>).
> Bill darkens to black before or with onset of Prebasic I molt (Goodwin
> 1976<http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/343/articles/species/343/biblio/bib036>);
> mouth-lining fades to flesh pink about 2 wk after fledging (McMannama 1950<http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/343/articles/species/343/biblio/bib059>
> ).
>
> Greene, Erick, William Davison and Vincent R. Muehter. 1998. Steller's Jay
> (Cyanocitta stelleri), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.).
> Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North
> America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/343
>
> doi:10.2173/bna.343 <http://dx.doi.org/10.2173/bna.343>
>
> Martin Muller, Seattle
> martinmuller at msn.com
>



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