Kanaleneiland, Utrecht, September 10, 2011

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Kanaleneiland, Utrecht, September 10, 2011

Post by little-W » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:03 am

Herman Bouman invited me over to his local patch for some ring reading last week, which resulted in 5 rings in just under 2 hours.

Highlight was a first-calendar year Caspian, unfortunately we were not able to read the ring:

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Caspian Gull, 1cy by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr

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Caspian Gull, 1cy by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr

Among the other rings were two Dutch LBB's with color rings:

Green PJ2, ringed at the Europoort near Rotterdam:
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Lesser Black-backed Gull, (L.f. graellsii), 15cy, G[PJ2] by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr

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Lesser Black-backed Gull, (L.f. graellsii), 15cy, G[PJ2] by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr

...and Green Y.AXP from the Forteiland colony at IJmuiden (where I saw it a few weeks earlier):
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Lesser Black-backed Gull, (L.f. graellsii), 1cy, G[Y.AXP] by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr

Note P1 in the left wing, it almost looks as if its half-grown?
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Lesser Black-backed Gull, (L.f. graellsii), 1cy, G[Y.AXP] by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr
Regards,

Maarten van Kleinwee
The Netherlands
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