unringed fuscus

[Theo Muusse]

Here, the bird from Westkapelle, 2009-10-01.
Note the ringed intermedius (?) at the side....

Theo

[Theo Muusse]

In flight, p1-p10 turned out to be present and worn.

Theo

[Ruud Altenburg]

It seems the wrong birds in this picture are ringed!

[Ies Meulmeester]

In flight, p1-p10 turned out to be present and worn.

Theo

A correction Theo, p1-p2 are new, p3 is dropped and p4-p10 are old primaries. Personally I think that Lesser Black-backed Gulls which show at these date a primary moult as on this individual not certainly can rule out from (very) norther breeding intermedius

[Theo Muusse]

Difficult to say, but the prim covs do not stand out as being fresher in the inner wing.
Besides I see something of an edge next to the fresh p2, which may be a worn or broken p3...
Theo

[Theo Muusse]

But fully agree on the problem of northern Norway birds.
Certainly since we saw more than 1 bird then and 4 yesterday. They show the build of a non-fuscus but
have moult-scores as fuscus, for example the ringed bird..

Theo

[Theo Muusse]

More birds ringed in northern-Norway are read in Israel (on the site mentioned in the other topic).
Mixed colony? Or mixed migration route?

Theo

[sander lilipaly]

Ik kwam nog een leuke link tegen met info (broedsucces, verpreiding, terugmeldingen etc) van Noord-Noorse kleine mantels.
De vogel van gisteren kwam ook uit de studiekolonie in Horsvær die in dit artikel wordt vermeld.

http://www.seapop.no/no/files/short-rep ... imized.pdf

[Theo Muusse]

Nice article, Sander, thanx!

Theo

[Ruud Altenburg]

A lot of fuscus on passage this year. Not only three ringed birds in Westkapelle, but plenty of unringed birds as well. This one's from IJmuiden from today.