Page 1 of 1
Any comment about this odd gull, please.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:11 pm
by totoguti
Hi All:
Any comment about this strange gull will be very apreciated
This birds was observed on 3 and 4 January 2012 in NW Spain.
An odd larus fuscus graellsii.... An hybrid..... A presumed Larus michahellis atlantis.....
I have experience with the dark, and small NW Spanish michahellis called "lusitanius" but I have no experience with L. m. atlantis and this is a sedentary ssp....
http://gaviotasyanillas.blogspot.com/20 ... antis.html
In Spanish.....
Thanks in advance
Antonio
Re: Any comment about this odd gull, please.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:26 pm
by JanJ
Hello Antonio.
Nice and interesting (not fully adult) gull there! As long as someone doesn´t come along saying it´s a LBBG, the atlantis theory is quite good imo. The pattern of the headstreaking, with less on the nape and the fact that id doesn´t reach below the head looks good. However, the head pattern alone does not seal the identification of atlantis, since a few Herrings almost match the pattern (pers obs). In Antonius pic the obvious darker mantel alongside YLG could match a graellsii - but can it be excluded. There´s also something about the build and short-legged impression that bring minds to atlantis. We´ll see.
From Steve Blain Last year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveblain/page2/
JanJ
Re: Any comment about this odd gull, please.
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:28 pm
by totoguti
Hi again:
New pics of this interesting and odd bird... This new pics were taken yesterday (15 January 2012).
Slightly paler than graellsii and slightly darker than our michahellis (NW Spain) ....
I don´t know how a mich x fuscus hibrid could be at this age......
http://gaviotasyanillas.blogspot.com/20 ... ellis.html
All the best
Antonio
Re: Any comment about this odd gull, please.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:24 am
by Rui_Caratão
It does look good for Azorean António, another one as been reported from the NW Portuguese coast this week, a presumed 3 winter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8793530@N0 ... 22203@N00/
un saludo,
Rui
Re: Any comment about this odd gull, please.
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:07 pm
by totoguti
Hi again:
Today 20.january.2012 at Pantín beach, Valdoviño, A Coruña, NW Spain (43º38´20´´N – 08º07´04´´W) , another odd gull; another and different bird resembling Larus michahellis atlantis.... A very bad light conditions. have you seen "often" pale mantled, short legged, dark capped LBBGLLs ??.
http://gaviotasyanillas.blogspot.com/20 ... 12012.html
All the best
Antonio