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- Sat May 24, 2014 11:09 am
- Forum: Articles
- Topic: Articles on the consistency of wings color patterns in ad.
- Replies: 5
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Re: Articles on the consistency of wings color patterns in a
An update on the Dutch Herring Gull: Primary pattern variation in individual European Herring Gull – 2014 update.
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:41 pm
- Forum: Herring Gull
- Topic: Sub-adult European Herring Gull with tertial spots
- Replies: 1
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Sub-adult European Herring Gull with tertial spots
I came across this rare occurrence of a sub-adult European Herring Gull with tertial spots this weekend. argentatus-4cy-tertial-spots-20140427-1.jpg argentatus-4cy-tertial-spots-20140427-2.jpg argentatus-4cy-tertial-spots-20140427-3.jpg It seems to be a 4th-calendar year (dark greater primary covert...
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:55 pm
- Forum: Articles
- Topic: Articles on the consistency of wings color patterns in ad.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 119735
Re: Articles on the consistency of wings color patterns in a
Hi Pietro, I have been keeping track of the primary pattern of a ringed European Herring Gull over the last few years, between his 24th calendar year and 28th calendar year. Have a look at my blog: Primary pattern variation in individual European Herring Gull . I have seen him again recently and com...
- Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:49 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: 4cy Caspian type
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6090
Re: 4cy Caspian type
Hi Peter,
No, I can't exclude a Herring either.
Other suggestions that I have received about this bird so far range from 'something funny from Poland' and Yellow-legged.
No, I can't exclude a Herring either.
Other suggestions that I have received about this bird so far range from 'something funny from Poland' and Yellow-legged.
- Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:53 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: 4cy Caspian type
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6090
4cy Caspian type
Hi all, I would like your thoughts on this 4th-calendar type bird, seen last week at the waste dump of Barneveld, The Netherlands. It is showing a mix of Caspian and Herring/Yellow-legged features: - Broad bill with well-marked gonydeal angle (Herring/Yellow-legged) - Dark iris - Head pattern remini...
- Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:49 pm
- Forum: Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Topic: Noordwijk sand supplementation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 42835
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:32 pm
- Forum: Herring Gull
- Topic: Banded tail pattern in 1cy/2cy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 38043
Re: Banded tail pattern in 1cy/2cy
We saw another example of a striking tail pattern today in Leiden, The Netherlands:
- Sat Oct 06, 2012 2:13 pm
- Forum: Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Topic: Finnish baltic gull in NW Spain
- Replies: 2
- Views: 29335
Re: Finnish baltic gull in NW Spain
Red C.21S is on his way south again. I observed him last Thursday in Westkapelle, The Netherlands:
- Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:23 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: longevity records for gulls
- Replies: 4
- Views: 29909
Re: longevity records for gulls
The record of the oldest known Black-headed Gull seems to have been broken (by 4 months). The weblog of the Dutch organization Natuurmomumenten reports that a Black-headed Gull fitted with a British ring was found dead on the Dutch coast last May and turned out to have been ringed in 1979, making it...
- Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:49 pm
- Forum: Mediterranean Gull
- Topic: Med Gulls on ORG
- Replies: 3
- Views: 73663
Re: Med Gulls on ORG
Nice work, Mars!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/little-w/s ... 586261224/
Mars, as ever: feel free to use some of minemarsmuusse wrote:Anyone with more pictures to add (if possible, please ringed birds with life history), please let me know
http://www.flickr.com/photos/little-w/s ... 586261224/