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So Zephaniah is molting and getting his adult mask in. Right now he looks very splotchy but his mask is coming along nicely but the thing is, the feathers on his wings are coming in a very dark color that isn't showing up on the rest of his body; he is losing his baby "spots" on his back and underside but they are being replaced by light grey feathers instead of darker colored ones. I thought Zephaniah was a standard grey but now I am not sure. This picture was taken with flash, the color difference is much more severe in real life, almost black.
Zephaniah is growing new flight feathers(He was clipped when I picked him up) and they look odd as well.
These last two were taken without flash and you can see his splotchy face very well here.
Overall he is starting to look more silver than grey is it possible that he could start off looking grey as a chick and change during puberty? Or will his color even out with time? Either way I don't care, I'm just curious about his apparent color changes.
For a reference below is what he looked like at five weeks old.
Zephaniah is growing new flight feathers(He was clipped when I picked him up) and they look odd as well.
These last two were taken without flash and you can see his splotchy face very well here.
Overall he is starting to look more silver than grey is it possible that he could start off looking grey as a chick and change during puberty? Or will his color even out with time? Either way I don't care, I'm just curious about his apparent color changes.
For a reference below is what he looked like at five weeks old.