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- Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:56 pm
- Forum: Yellow-legged Gull
- Topic: Dark eyed YLG
- Replies: 11
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Re: Dark eyed YLG
hi jonas, that's a caspian gull, steppenmöwe, although a weird one concerning the small p10 mirror, solid subterminal band (p10) and black down to even p3(?) and bright yellow bareparts. so this could indeed be a contender for an eastern caspian. it's a cachinnans because it has long white tongues/r...
- Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:23 pm
- Forum: Yellow-legged Gull
- Topic: Dark eyed YLG
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8660
Re: Dark eyed YLG
not that i know of, wolfgang. but that doesn't mean anything since most birders from romania and bulgaria don't differentiate much the gulls from the argentatus-complex. even though plenty of birding tours of western europeans visit the danube delta, durankulak and burgas regions i've never heard of...
- Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:29 pm
- Forum: Herring Gull
- Topic: Smitsonianus lookalikes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7351
Re: Smitsonianus lookalikes
http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures/birds_us ... aK_191.jpg
http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures/birds_us ... aK_195.jpg
this one looks good for one, right?
http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures/birds_us ... aK_195.jpg
this one looks good for one, right?
- Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:31 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: dark dwarfy michahellis?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1641
dark dwarfy michahellis?
hi, one of the gulls adjacent ot the GBBG in herastrau park bucharest 17.12.2009 looked very plain brown and sort of compact in these pics. i know that some YLG can be so dark and unfortunately the quality of pics gives little insight in moult detail but i think there are some moulted coverts. other...
- Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:18 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Is one Herring Gull?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2942
Re: Is one Herring Gull?
yes, she's a good example how a teenager doesn't want to get an adolenscent - and it's the other species. she looks beautiful by the way, mars. i got badly tricked by a bird i once photographed on gotland, 20.08.2008 i had no actual experience with 2cy herring gulls... :lol: this is the one http://w...
- Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:57 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Is one Herring Gull?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2942
Re: Is one Herring Gull?
hi javier, certain 2cy herring gulls indeed can look similar to your bird. it is however a 1st winter (1cy) - see very pointed primaries with hardly any pale at tips, no yellow tip to bill (in 2cy almost alwys large gulls have a more extended pale tip). the bird is still moulting its coverts. and a ...
- Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:13 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Gull England 12 Feb 2009
- Replies: 3
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similar bucharest YLG
hi, this one looks similar. not only lusitanicus show such a broad subterminal mark to bill, pic from today, james avery: http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=233393&d=1261233345 same bird in flight http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=233398&d=1261235890 and http://w...
- Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:39 pm
- Forum: Other taxa & hybrids
- Topic: heuglini & taymirensis
- Replies: 3
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Re: heuglini & taymirensis
marsmuusse wrote:heuglini in Januari 2005 in Oman (bokkiewokkie lettertype):
http://www23.tok2.com/home/jgull/OmanGu ... lini02.htm
Mars
pics 4-5 and especially no. 7 look rel. pale - taimyrensis?
and isn't that a barabensis in the last pic (no.8) ?
lou
- Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:24 pm
- Forum: Yellow-legged Gull
- Topic: moult in 1cy
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13352
Re: moult in 1cy
bedankt, mars, for this elaborate presentation which i could follow entirely - should have studied more carefully your (rel. new) michahellis section. so it's absolutely normal, 45%. good work that you did with scoring them back in 2003. unfortunately there aren't any YLG in stuttgart :cry: at least...
- Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:54 pm
- Forum: Yellow-legged Gull
- Topic: moult in 1cy
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13352
Re: moult in 1cy
it is definitely a 1cy for the reasons stated by peter, most coverts are 1st generation (see GC). i know these kind of 2nd gen coverts from mid winter; see the attached pics from january - not so plain grey but dull with a dark shaft. i concludeed these are later moulted 2nd gen. coverts, not 3rd ge...