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- Sun Sep 22, 2019 4:24 pm
- Forum: American Herring Gull & smith look-alikes
- Topic: 2cy herring gull, Iceland
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2cy herring gull, Iceland
This herring gull was photographed by Stefán Áki Ragnarsson on the 14th of November 2017, taken in low light (just around sunset). This is an example of an herring gull with relatively black tail feathers, quite barred upper tail coverts/rump, black in the distal secondaries and relatively inconspic...
- Sat Sep 21, 2019 6:32 pm
- Forum: American Herring Gull & smith look-alikes
- Topic: 2cy-American herring gull, Ireland
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2cy-American herring gull, Ireland
This 2cy American herring gull was photographed by Derek Charles in Galway harbour on the 8th of February 2008. More details of this record is needed and open wing shots if possible.
- Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:57 pm
- Forum: American Herring Gull & smith look-alikes
- Topic: 2cy Smith candidate?, Iceland
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2cy Smith candidate?, Iceland
This gull was found on the 23rd of February by Guðmundur Falk in Njarðvík, and seen shortly after by Stefán Ragnarsson. What is striking is the heavily barred upper tail coverts/rump, muck in tail feathers (just tiny amount of pale in the outermost), heavily barred under tail coverts, distal seconda...
- Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:37 pm
- Forum: American Herring Gull & smith look-alikes
- Topic: 2cy (or 3cy) Viking gull type Iceland
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2cy (or 3cy) Viking gull type Iceland
This Viking gull type was photographed by Alex Máni on the 17th of January 2018. While the underparts is uniform, the velvety texture of the plumage differs from american herring gull (glaucous gull trait). While the upper tail coverts/rump is heavily barred (as is often for vikings), and the reason...
- Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:22 pm
- Forum: American Herring Gull & smith look-alikes
- Topic: 2cy-Viking type? Iceland
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2cy-Viking type? Iceland
This viking gull was found in Keflavík harbour on the 24th of February 2019 by Stefán Ragnarsson. It has in many ways unusual plumage, the darkness of the plumage is not usual for glaucous gull, with so relatively smooth upper. It is very large and bulky. Also, most vikings similar to this one have ...
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:51 pm
- Forum: American Herring Gull & smith look-alikes
- Topic: 2cy dark herring gull, Denmark
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2cy dark herring gull, Denmark
This dark herring gull was found on the February 11 at 1:28 PM by Kim Fischer. The under and upperparts are quite uniform but barring on the upper and undertail coverts appear to be quite sparse and white in the outer tail feathers.
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 6:11 am
- Forum: American Herring Gull & smith look-alikes
- Topic: 4cy herring gull
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4cy herring gull
This 4cy (3rd cycle) herring gull was photographed by Brynjúlfur Brynjólfsson on the 5th of February 2019 at Höfn. It is a 3rd cycle herring gull it has a quite a lot of black in the tail feathers. The secondaries are brownish rather than blackish (thus suggesting HG over AHG), and thus not contrast...
- Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:03 pm
- Forum: American Herring Gull & smith look-alikes
- Topic: 2cy Smith candidate, Iceland
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2cy Smith candidate, Iceland
This Smith candidate was photographed in the Reykjavík harbour on the 22 October 2016 by Daníel Bergmann. Unfortunately, no photos showing its underparts could be obtained. What is noticeable is the greyish appearance and the smooth coverts on this bird. The secondaries are not that blackish at all ...
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 11:30 pm
- Forum: American Herring Gull & smith look-alikes
- Topic: 2cy smith look-alike/smith candidate?, NW-Spain
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2cy smith look-alike/smith candidate?, NW-Spain
This individual was photographed by Daniel López Velasco on the 23rd of January 2018 in Galicia, NW-Spain. It appears to have quite barred upper tail coverts in the flight shot. The markings on the upperparts, e.g. coverts and tertials are quite coarse, and intermixed with white. The strong contrast...
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:51 am
- Forum: American Herring Gull & smith look-alikes
- Topic: 4cy herring gull, Netherlands with ink black spots in tertials
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4cy herring gull, Netherlands with ink black spots in tertials
THis 3rd cycle herring, photographed in Netherlands, 6 and 20 january 2019 in Netherlands by Leon Edelaar. It has black (ink)spots on tertials, and these spots are darker than compared with herring gulls that are generally more brownish. Quite a lot of black in the secondaries and primary coverts an...