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Subadult Yellow-legged Gull with a dark iris, January 24th
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Cristian Mihai
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Theo Muusse
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Re: Subadult Yellow-legged Gull with a dark iris, January 24th
Judging the non-adult feathers I think its a 3rd winter.
A 3rd winter without black on the bill is to say the least interesting.
Ever seen it before on michahellis or cachinnans??
Should we be thinking eastern to solve this?
Theo
A 3rd winter without black on the bill is to say the least interesting.
Ever seen it before on michahellis or cachinnans??
Should we be thinking eastern to solve this?
Theo
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Cristian Mihai
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Re: Subadult Yellow-legged Gull with a dark iris, January 24th
Yes, a third winter (4cy) bird. I will check my photos with 4cy birds for the black spot on the bill. By the way, here are a lot of pics with Romanian Yellow-legged and Caspian Gulls:
http://lou.bertalan.de/birds/index.php
http://lou.bertalan.de/birds/index.php
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lou bertalan
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Re: Subadult Yellow-legged Gull with a dark iris, January 24th
theo,
it's a bit early in the year but adult bills without black marks are not unusual in spring, early summer 4cy. even 2nd summer (3cy) YLG can have totally adult bills. i have seen that in spain and in romania (may/june).
lou
it's a bit early in the year but adult bills without black marks are not unusual in spring, early summer 4cy. even 2nd summer (3cy) YLG can have totally adult bills. i have seen that in spain and in romania (may/june).
lou