Here is a picture of its wing from January 2001, taken by Bruce Mactavish.
There was no hint of a white mirror on P9 then, and as in 2003 there was no dark mark on P5.
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- Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:32 am
- Forum: White-winged Species
- Topic: A complete mystery gull from Newfoundland
- Replies: 1
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- Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:52 pm
- Forum: White-winged Species
- Topic: A complete mystery gull from Newfoundland
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10508
A complete mystery gull from Newfoundland
This adult gull spent several winters at the St John's sewage outflow, Newfoundland, Canada, back in 2001 - 2003. Here are my images of it, taken in February 2003. They are just video stills, but that only adds to the mystery... GullspecNewfoundlandJan03.jpg GullspecNewfoundlandJan03b.jpg GullspecNe...
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 4:01 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: New gull book - photos requested!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16454
New gull book - photos requested!
Dear visitors of this forum, we are in the final stages of preparing a new identification guide for the gulls of the Western Palearctic. We are now urgently looking for high quality photographs of specific plumages of various gull taxa. We would be grateful if you could have a look at the following ...
Re: IGM news?
Preliminary timetable: Modifications possible! Thursday, 14.4. The meeting-bureau is open from 10.00 14.00: Introduction and organization 14.30 Ulrich Köppen (GER): CR (not only of gulls) yields mass data - how to deal best with it on continent scale? 15.00 Hendrik Trapp & Heiko Michaelis (GER): Bre...
Re: IGM news?
Hi Chris, information has been minimal so far indeed, especially for anyone who is not on Facebook (like yourself). I think the best thing to do is to write an email to Ronald Klein. All I know is that the meeting will be held at the Heide Spa Hotel in Bad Düben (http://www.heidespa.de/) from 14-17 ...
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 12:35 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: graellsii & intermedius?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11054
Re: graellsii & intermedius?
Hi Ryszard,
this is a dark Herring Gull.
this is a dark Herring Gull.
- Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:38 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Any oopinion about this white winged gull?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3182
Re: Any oopinion about this white winged gull?
The primaries are not very convincing indeed, but the tail pattern certainly is outside of the variation seen in glaucoides.
Therefore I would call this a Kumlien's Gull.
Therefore I would call this a Kumlien's Gull.
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:43 am
- Forum: Herring Gull
- Topic: smithsonianus with GPS to Norway
- Replies: 3
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Re: smithsonianus with GPS to Norway
I am a bit late with this, but I checked the flight path of this bird and it does not look quite right. The link has changed; the Google Earth file is now on http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/water-res-protection/watershed-mgmt/gull-study.html. If you look at the flight path and the data in Googl...
- Sun Dec 07, 2014 4:29 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: larus schistisagus?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3061
Re: larus schistisagus?
Hi,
no; this is a Great Black-backed Gull.
no; this is a Great Black-backed Gull.
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 8:46 pm
- Forum: Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Topic: retarded plumage
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7734
retarded plumage
Hi, Something from Oostende, Belgium, today. has anyone else ever seen a 3rd-cycle Lesser Black-backed with plumage like this? Note dark shaft streaks on scapulars! LBBGull_3c_retarded_Oostende_13-11-2014_001.JPG LBBGull_3c_retarded_Oostende_13-11-2014_002.JPG LBBGull_3c_retarded_Oostende_13-11-2014...