Three gulls in South Finland

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Petteri
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Three gulls in South Finland

Post by Petteri » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:02 am

Hi!

I photographed these three gulls in south finland during this autumn.
Any comments about these gulls?

1) Could this be caspian or somekind of herring?
http://tinyurl.com/cfygmrw

2) Could this be somekind of hybrid, e.g. mic x herring?
http://tinyurl.com/boyo6l6

3) Same situation, e.g. caspian x herring or something else?
http://tinyurl.com/c8wu9ao

What do you think?

Best regards and thank you in advance,
Petteri

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Theo Muusse
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Re: Three gulls in South Finland

Post by Theo Muusse » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:02 pm

1. subad cachinnans
2. michahellis, but somewhat pale in the innerwing
3. kind of michahellis, but not certain

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Re: Three gulls in South Finland

Post by lou bertalan » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:26 pm

shortly, i'd agree only with 1. being a cachinnans, probably 4cy.
2. looks like a herring gull to me (one of those baltic beasts with darker window and mich-like tail) - gc pattern and tail pattern actually better for tatus imo.
3. looks like a good cachi x tatus hybrid candidate. it has a lot of clear features of both. but it might even be another odd herring gull!

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