Immature - chick
Blue Image courtesy of Becky Brunotte.
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Immature - brancher to first moult
Yellow or tan
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Mature - Two-Year Old
As the bird matures the eyes become orange, then red
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Mature - Seven-Year Old
Here the bird's eye is beginning to turn red with the top still retaining some of the murky orange color. Image courtesy of Dion Thomson.
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Mature - Seven-Year Old
Here the bird's eye is a solid red. Goshawks from the Southern United States typically develop more red eyes as adults than Goshawks from other genetic pools. Image courtesy of Becky Brunotte.
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