Hi all -

The good open-wing photos of the RFBO by Joe Morlan et al.
<https://ebird.org/checklist/S61313179>https://ebird.org/checklist/S61313179
show that it is molting p5 whereas the SEFI bird
<https://ebird.org/checklist/S61166603>https://ebird.org/checklist/S61166603
Does not show molt and also has a pale tips to the central rectrices which the SF bird lacks. This indicates different birds.

I'm not sure about age of the SF bird now. The bill lacks blue at the base, which adults should show, yet the primaries appear to be showing a "Staffelmauser" pattern, with p1-p4 new, p5 growing, p6 or p6-p7 old and worn, and p8-p10 quite a bit newer looking, suggesting a previous molt limit between p7 and p8. If I'm reading this right then the outer primaries are not juvenile and the pattern including the older-looking p6-p7 would indicate a bird in at least its 3rd or 4th cycle. Perhaps bill color becomes pinker in molting adults away from the breeding grounds?

I'll keep working on it...

Cheers, Peter