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Steller's Jay (Long-crested Jay) - Cyanocitta stelleri

Steller's Jay (Long-crested Jay)

Semiplume or Body Contour feather with a distinct semiplume base
Blue Jay (Common Blue Jay, North American Blue Jay) - Cyanocitta cristata

Blue Jay (Common Blue Jay, North American Blue Jay)

Contour body feather / secondary covert
Barn Owl (Common Barn Owl, Monkey-faced Owl, Ghost Owl) - Tyto alba

Barn Owl (Common Barn Owl, Monkey-faced Owl, Ghost Owl)

Contour feather from the facial disc
Barn Owl (Common Barn Owl, Screech Owl) - Tyto alba

Barn Owl (Common Barn Owl, Screech Owl)

Body Contour feather with a prominent semiplume/downy base
American Crow (Common Crow) - Corvus brachyrhynchos

American Crow (Common Crow)

Contour feather, likely a body or covert feather
Mourning Dove (also known as Carolina Dove, Rain Dove) - Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove (also known as Carolina Dove, Rain Dove)

Secondary or primary covert / flight feather, likely a secondary flight feather
Barred Owl (Hoot Owl, Striped Owl) - Strix varia

Barred Owl (Hoot Owl, Striped Owl)

Contour body feather / Semiplume transition with soft fringe
Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, American Mourning Dove) - Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, American Mourning Dove)

Contour feather (body covert)
Mourning Dove (also known as the Carolina Dove or American Mourning Dove) - Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove (also known as the Carolina Dove or American Mourning Dove)

Contour feather, likely a body covert or scapular feather
Red-tailed Hawk (Buzzard, Chicken Hawk) - Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk (Buzzard, Chicken Hawk)

Flight feather (Secondary remige)
Mallard (Wild Duck) - Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard (Wild Duck)

Contour or small flight/wing covert feather
Great Horned Owl (Hoot Owl, Winged Tiger) - Bubo virginianus

Great Horned Owl (Hoot Owl, Winged Tiger)

Primary flight feather (outer primary, likely P7 or P8)
Wild Turkey (Eastern Wild Turkey) - Meleagris gallopavo

Wild Turkey (Eastern Wild Turkey)

Flight feather, likely a secondary or outer primary covert/wing feather
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater

Brown-headed Cowbird

Contour feather (body feather)
Great Horned Owl (Hoot Owl, Tiger Owl) - Bubo virginianus

Great Horned Owl (Hoot Owl, Tiger Owl)

Semiplume or Body Contour Feather (fluffy body feather)
American Crow (Common Crow) - Corvus brachyrhynchos

American Crow (Common Crow)

Primary flight feather (outer or mid primary)
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Bald Eagle

Down feather / Semiplume
Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, American Mourning Dove, Rain Crow) - Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, American Mourning Dove, Rain Crow)

Contour feather, likely from the upper wing coverts or mantle
Great Horned Owl (Also known as the Hoot Owl or Tiger Owl) - Bubo virginianus

Great Horned Owl (Also known as the Hoot Owl or Tiger Owl)

Semiplume or contour feather with plumulaceous base, likely from the flank or underparts
Great Horned Owl (also known as Tiger Owl or Hoot Owl) - Bubo virginianus

Great Horned Owl (also known as Tiger Owl or Hoot Owl)

Body contour feather with specialized velvety texture and fringed margins
Mallard (Wild Duck, Northern Mallard) - Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard (Wild Duck, Northern Mallard)

Secondary flight feather or major upper-wing covert, likely from the speculum area exhibiting iridescent coloration
Mourning Dove (also known as the Carolina Dove or American Mourning Dove) - Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove (also known as the Carolina Dove or American Mourning Dove)

Contour feather, likely from the upper wing coverts or mantle
Herring Gull (Sea Gull, Smithsonian Gull) - Larus argentatus

Herring Gull (Sea Gull, Smithsonian Gull)

Contour feather (body contour feather, mantle region)
Great Horned Owl (Hoot Owl, Tiger Owl) - Bubo virginianus

Great Horned Owl (Hoot Owl, Tiger Owl)

Flight feather (Remex, likely a secondary flight feather)
Red-tailed Hawk (Chicken Hawk, Red-tail) - Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk (Chicken Hawk, Red-tail)

Secondary flight feather or primary flight feather (remige)
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted or Red-shafted) - Colaptes auratus

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted or Red-shafted)

Contour feather (body/breast feather)
Mallard (Wild Duck) - Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard (Wild Duck)

Contour feather, likely from the flank or breast region showing distinctive vermiculation
Red-tailed Hawk (Common Red-tail, Hen Harrier) - Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk (Common Red-tail, Hen Harrier)

Flight feather (Secondary remige)
Helmeted Guineafowl (African Guineafowl, Numida meleagris) - Numida meleagris

Helmeted Guineafowl (African Guineafowl, Numida meleagris)

Contour feather (body cover feather, likely from the breast, flank, or mantle)
Red-tailed Hawk (Red-tail) - Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk (Red-tail)

Flight feather, likely a secondary flight feather
Red-tailed Hawk (Red-tail) - Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk (Red-tail)

Flight feather, likely an outer or middle secondary, or an inner primary
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata

Blue Jay

Contour feather / Body covert feather with structural iridescence
Red-tailed Hawk (Red-tail) - Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk (Red-tail)

Contour body feather / secondary covert
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk

Contour or secondary flight feather
Ring-billed Gull (Common Gull, American Mew Gull) - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull (Common Gull, American Mew Gull)

Primary flight feather, likely one of the outer primaries (P7-P9) showing the characteristic subterminal dark band and white tip typical of adult or near-adult gulls.
Mallard (Wild Duck) - Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard (Wild Duck)

Contour body feather / secondary covert
Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown Pelican

Contour body feather
Great Horned Owl (also known as Tiger Owl or Hoot Owl) - Bubo virginianus

Great Horned Owl (also known as Tiger Owl or Hoot Owl)

Contour body feather / Semiplume transition feather with specialized soft margins
Mallard (Wild Duck) - Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard (Wild Duck)

Contour body feather, likely from the breast, flank, or speculum-adjacent region
Mallard (Wild Duck) - Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard (Wild Duck)

Contour feather, likely a body covert or scapular feather
Wild Turkey (Eastern Wild Turkey, Merriam's Turkey, Gould's Turkey, Osceola Turkey, Rio Grande Turkey) - Meleagris gallopavo

Wild Turkey (Eastern Wild Turkey, Merriam's Turkey, Gould's Turkey, Osceola Turkey, Rio Grande Turkey)

Contour body feather (specifically from the breast, side, or rump region exhibiting iridescent bronze-green coloration)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) - Bubo virginianus

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

Flight feather, likely a secondary or outer primary flight feather with specialized silent flight modifications