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Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted or Red-shafted) - Colaptes auratus

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted or Red-shafted)

Body contour feather (semiplume-transitioning or covert)
Great Horned Owl (also known as the Tiger Owl or Hoot Owl) - Bubo virginianus

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

Body Contour Feather with Semiplume/Downy characteristics
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted or Red-shafted) - Colaptes auratus

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted or Red-shafted)

Contour feather (body or covert feather)
Mallard (Wild Duck) - Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard (Wild Duck)

Semiplume / Contour body feather
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted or Red-shafted) - Colaptes auratus

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted or Red-shafted)

Contour feather / Body covert or secondary wing covert
Peafowl / Blue Peacock (Indian Peafowl) - Pavo cristatus

Peafowl / Blue Peacock (Indian Peafowl)

Contour feather, specifically a body covert or breast/flank feather with iridescent tip
Great Horned Owl (also known as the Tiger Owl or Hoot Owl) - Bubo virginianus

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

Semiplume or fluffy contour feather, showing both pennaceous tip and plumulaceous base
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata

Blue Jay

Contour feather / Body contour feather
Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, Rain Crow) - Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, Rain Crow)

Contour feather (body feather)
Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, American Mourning Dove) - Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, American Mourning Dove)

Contour body feather
American Crow (Common Crow) - Corvus brachyrhynchos

American Crow (Common Crow)

Contour feather, likely a body or covert feather
Domestic Pigeon (Rock Dove) - Columba livia

Domestic Pigeon (Rock Dove)

Semiplume / Contour body feather
Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, Rain Crow) - Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, Rain Crow)

Semiplume or downy body contour feather
Rock Pigeon (also known as Rock Dove or Feral Pigeon) - Columba livia

Rock Pigeon (also known as Rock Dove or Feral Pigeon)

Contour feather, likely from the breast or mantle region
American Robin - Turdus migratorius

American Robin

Contour feather (body covert)
American Robin - Turdus migratorius

American Robin

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)

Semiplume / Downy Contour feather
Barn Owl (Common Barn Owl) - Tyto alba

Barn Owl (Common Barn Owl)

Contour or semiplume feather, likely from the underparts or facial ruff region
Red-tailed Hawk (also known as Hen Hawk, Chicken Hawk) - Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk (also known as Hen Hawk, Chicken Hawk)

Semiplume / Body Contour Feather (flank or breast feather)
Blue Jay (Common Jay, North American Blue Jay) - Cyanocitta cristata

Blue Jay (Common Jay, North American Blue Jay)

Contour body feather
Black-billed Magpie (American Magpie) - Pica hudsonia

Black-billed Magpie (American Magpie)

Contour body feather or covert
Wild Turkey (Eastern Wild Turkey, Merriam's Wild Turkey) - Meleagris gallopavo

Wild Turkey (Eastern Wild Turkey, Merriam's Wild Turkey)

Tail feather (Rectrix), specifically one of the upper tail coverts or a lateral tail feather with a characteristic pale terminal or subterminal band.
American Crow (also known as Common Crow) - Corvus brachyrhynchos

American Crow (also known as Common Crow)

Contour body feather or secondary covert
Wild Turkey (also known as Eastern Wild Turkey, Merriam's Wild Turkey) - Meleagris gallopavo

Wild Turkey (also known as Eastern Wild Turkey, Merriam's Wild Turkey)

Contour feathers and semiplumes, likely from the body, breast, or flank region
Mallard (Wild Duck, Greenhead) - Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard (Wild Duck, Greenhead)

Secondary Flight Feather / Speculum Feather
Blue Jay (Common Jay) - Cyanocitta cristata

Blue Jay (Common Jay)

Contour feather, likely a secondary wing covert or body contour feather
Common Starling (European Starling) - Sturnus vulgaris

Common Starling (European Starling)

Contour feather, likely from the breast or mantle
Mute Swan (White Swan) - Cygnus olor

Mute Swan (White Swan)

Semiplume / Contour transition body feather
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) - Bubo virginianus

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

Flight feather, primary or secondary remige
Mallard (Wild Duck, Common Mallard) - Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard (Wild Duck, Common Mallard)

Down feather
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias

Great Blue Heron

Contour feather or semiplume with a distinct downy base, likely from the breast, neck, or flank tract.
Great Horned Owl (Hoot Owl, Tiger Owl) - Bubo virginianus

Great Horned Owl (Hoot Owl, Tiger Owl)

Flight feather (likely a secondary or primary remige, or a large covert)
European Starling (Common Starling) - Sturnus vulgaris

European Starling (Common Starling)

Contour feather, likely from the breast or mantle/upper back
Magpie (Black-billed Magpie, European Magpie) - Pica hudsonia / Pica pica

Magpie (Black-billed Magpie, European Magpie)

Flight feather, likely a secondary or primary covert/wing feather
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos

Northern Mockingbird

Tail feather (retrix), specifically a outer rectrix (R5 or R6)
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum

Brown Thrasher

Contour (body feather, likely from the back or flank)
Cooper's Hawk (also known as Big Blue Darter, Chicken Hawk) - Accipiter cooperii

Cooper's Hawk (also known as Big Blue Darter, Chicken Hawk)

Body contour feather (likely from the upper breast or flank)
American Robin - Turdus migratorius

American Robin

Contour feather, body contour
Mourning Dove (also known as Carolina Dove or Rain Crow) - Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove (also known as Carolina Dove or Rain Crow)

Contour body feather
Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, Rain Crow) - Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove (Carolina Dove, Rain Crow)

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

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

Semiplume or downy body feather with distinct afterfeather
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 adaptations