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The male bird is as lovely a bird as one can find—light blue and white withwinterplumage.
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The drabberwinterplumageis basically brown above and white below.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All, with the exception of the red grouse, have a whitewinterplumagethat helps them blend into the snowy background.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inwinterplumage, this species is pale gray above.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inwinterplumage, they are duller and have more conspicuous barring on the wings, though this is still only visible at close range.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are much paler inwinterplumage, mottled above and white below.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Winterplumageis basically gray above and white below.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inwinterplumage, this species is paler brownish gray above.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After breeding, terns moult into awinterplumage, typically showing a white forehead.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thewinterplumageis similar, but the crown is whiter and the bills are darker.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is a small amount of variation between breeding andwinterplumage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When inwinterplumage, both birds have a dark grey smudge behind the eye and a grey hind-neck collar.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inwinterplumage, the general appearance recalls a tiny version of common sandpiper.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thewinterplumageof both an adult and a juvenile is largely grey.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After breeding the birds disperse somewhat to less densely vegetated fens, moult into theirwinterplumageand depart on their migration.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Males in immature andwinterplumageand are similar to females, except that adult males retain the white wing patches all year.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inwinterplumagethey become somewhat lighter-toned and less patterned, being rather plain greyish-brown above and whitish below.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The western sandpiper acquireswinterplumagemuch earlier in the autumn than the semipalmated sandpiper.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The male's breeding plumage is much brighter than hiswinterplumage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inwinterplumage, the marbled murrelet has a white neck collar, absent in long-billed.
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- fall in with
- fall off
- fall on／upon
- fall out
- fall short
- fall through
- familiar to
- familiar with
- far and away
- far and wide/near
- far cry
- far from
- farm out
- far off
- fasten down
- fasten off
- fasten on／upon
- fat chance
- fathom out
- fatten up
- fawn on／upon
- fear for
- feast one's eyes on/upon
- feather in one's cap
- feather one's nest