Wörth - Austria
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:44 pm
Hello,
together with a change of weather the numbers of gulls definitely increased at my local patch in Wörth, eastern central Austria.
I had some nice deja-vu´s today. First one was CG 8P21 from southern Poland. I had seen it 2 days earlier in Krems 50 km ENE and now it was in Wörth!
Then I discovered a metalringed 1st winter CG, the ring was Lithuanian. Unfortunately I could see only the end of the number ....185 and the first letter E. Maybe it´s possible to identify the bird, if they have not more than 1000 young large gulls ringed last season...
Later all gulls gathered on the ice of a gravel pond, very fine to observe with telescope. A new green ring and really: It was 4P60 again, the famous hybrid, in it´s 7th year! I have got some poor digiscopings from (large) distance, not with open wing, but one can see the amount of black on P5. Still strong black on the bill, the bird seems to be more compact than an average CG.
This is the "high time" for gullers in southern central Europe with interesting mixed flocks, consisting of CG, HG (very different types), hybrids of them, michahellis and some birds I am not able to identify.
"ID1" might be a hybrid with Caspian jizz, long legs, CG bill but dark mask on head, pale iris with red orbital ring...
"ID2" and "ID3" is a small bird with short legs, compact bill, but dark iris, note the small mirror on P10! A little something like armenicus again.
Wolfgang
together with a change of weather the numbers of gulls definitely increased at my local patch in Wörth, eastern central Austria.
I had some nice deja-vu´s today. First one was CG 8P21 from southern Poland. I had seen it 2 days earlier in Krems 50 km ENE and now it was in Wörth!
Then I discovered a metalringed 1st winter CG, the ring was Lithuanian. Unfortunately I could see only the end of the number ....185 and the first letter E. Maybe it´s possible to identify the bird, if they have not more than 1000 young large gulls ringed last season...
Later all gulls gathered on the ice of a gravel pond, very fine to observe with telescope. A new green ring and really: It was 4P60 again, the famous hybrid, in it´s 7th year! I have got some poor digiscopings from (large) distance, not with open wing, but one can see the amount of black on P5. Still strong black on the bill, the bird seems to be more compact than an average CG.
This is the "high time" for gullers in southern central Europe with interesting mixed flocks, consisting of CG, HG (very different types), hybrids of them, michahellis and some birds I am not able to identify.
"ID1" might be a hybrid with Caspian jizz, long legs, CG bill but dark mask on head, pale iris with red orbital ring...
"ID2" and "ID3" is a small bird with short legs, compact bill, but dark iris, note the small mirror on P10! A little something like armenicus again.
Wolfgang