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Gull Confirmations Please, London, UK (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Clarke Robinson
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tim.birdboy
Well-known member
I was thinking the other way around:
1. Herring
2. Common, but not confident
3. Herring
Those were my impressions, I haven't opened the book.
1. Herring
2. Common, but not confident
3. Herring
Those were my impressions, I haven't opened the book.
Chris Benesh
So much work, so little time...so let's go birding
Hi,
Could the second bird be a first cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull with replaced first alternate scapulars? It has that sleek, long-winged look to it. The wings are scrunched into the flanks, obscuring the greater covert patterning.
Chris
Could the second bird be a first cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull with replaced first alternate scapulars? It has that sleek, long-winged look to it. The wings are scrunched into the flanks, obscuring the greater covert patterning.
Chris
JANJ
Well-known member
One could be tempted to say that they are all Herring Gulls - but only 1 & 3 fits in that category. Nr 2 is a LBBG as suggested by Chris.
http://www.gull-research.org/lbbg1cy/deh4273064.htm
http://www.gull-research.org/lbbg1cy/nla5410095.htm
http://www.gull-research.org/lbbg1cy/nla5410093.htm
Note jizz and pattern and paleness of more advanced in moult scapulars on thes Herring Gulls:
http://www.gull-research.org/hg/hg1cy/fbadnov.html
As mentioned by Chris the outer greater coverts are hidden, the inners are quite similar to any Herring and the outers could be dark-centered or like the inners on the subject gull.
JanJ
http://www.gull-research.org/lbbg1cy/deh4273064.htm
http://www.gull-research.org/lbbg1cy/nla5410095.htm
http://www.gull-research.org/lbbg1cy/nla5410093.htm
Note jizz and pattern and paleness of more advanced in moult scapulars on thes Herring Gulls:
http://www.gull-research.org/hg/hg1cy/fbadnov.html
As mentioned by Chris the outer greater coverts are hidden, the inners are quite similar to any Herring and the outers could be dark-centered or like the inners on the subject gull.
JanJ
Clarke Robinson
Well-known member
Super ID's folks, I was wrong on all 3 counts lol. Thanks for the links JanJ
lou salomon
the birdonist
just a remark that bird no 3 is unusually white on underwings and esp. undertail-coverts, which don't show any pattern! but still HG.
