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Some Yellow-legged Gulls in Bucharest, November 1st
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:21 pm
by Cristian Mihai
JanJ already uploaded some of my pics taken on November 1st (
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=57 ). Here are a few more.
Re: Some Yellow-legged Gulls in Bucharest, November 1st
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:57 pm
by Ruud Altenburg
Nice pictures, thanks for posting! What's with the innermost primary in the left wing of the 2cy at the bottom?!
Re: Some Yellow-legged Gulls in Bucharest, November 1st
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:05 pm
by JanJ
I see that Cristian has posted some larger images of his michahellis which I posted yesterday. These are the three first here. As Ruud, I noticed the innermost primary. Could it be a fully grown p1 (difficult to see the state of it), with p2 shed, or are there some other explanation?
JanJ
Re: Some Yellow-legged Gulls in Bucharest, November 1st
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:14 pm
by adriaens
As the pattern seems to be asymmetrical (P1-2 of the right wing look normal and brown), the most logical explanation is perhaps that P1(-2) of the left wing was damaged and had to be replaced.
Re: Some Yellow-legged Gulls in Bucharest, November 1st
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:40 pm
by JanJ
What Peter noticed in the other wing I didn´t. So he´s explanation seems correct.
JanJ