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Another interesting gull

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 4:44 pm
by totoguti
Hi all:
Yesterday October 21th at Alba beach, Arteixo, A Coruña, NW Spain, my friend Xabier Varela saw this nice bird.
A very very dark bird. Only a bit larger than our small lusi (poss. a female...). Could be this bird identified as a dark end of glaucous or are we looking another "viking"?....
All the best
Antonio
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Look at the dark overall aspect
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Very dark exposed primaries
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dark background color, Head, belly, head and tail feathers
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Bulky structure
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Re: Another interesting gull

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:24 am
by adriaens
Wow, nice bird!
This is indeed another 'Viking Gull'. Good stuff!

Re: Another interesting gull

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 2:59 pm
by totoguti
Hi again:
Thanks a lot for your comments Peter.
It´s amazing becouse we are not in "White gulls time".... And no big storm yet....
probably associated to Icelandic fuscus....
All the best
Antonio