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Could it be an Herring?Sicily 4 jan 2010
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:50 pm
by Lucius
could it be an Herring?
it was really darker than all the 1st w. yellow-legged
can someone help me?
cheers
Lucius-Sicily
Re: Could it be an Herring?Sicily 4 jan 2010
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:41 pm
by Cristian Mihai
Why it isn't a Yellow-legged Gull?
Re: Could it be an Herring?Sicily 4 jan 2010
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:57 am
by Ruud Altenburg
Like Cristian writes it's a YLG. One good character to check is if a bird has replaced wing coverts. Herring Gulls normally don't do this before the complete moult in their first summer (but see several exceptions
in this topic). Given the number of replaced wing coverts in your bird, this character by itself already excludes Herring.
Re: Could it be an Herring?Sicily 4 jan 2010
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:03 am
by Lucius
thanks a lot!!
Lucius