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Ssmiths replied to the thread Harrier ID - Bulgaria.My experience with both species is mainly work related (4 months of raptor migration surveys in Armenia, 10 months of breeding bird...
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Ssmiths replied to the thread Harrier ID - Bulgaria.Here is a juv. Montagu's Harrier (photographed in Belgium) compared to the subject bird: And here is a colour-ringed, recently...
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Ssmiths replied to the thread Harrier ID - Bulgaria.Surely this is a Montagu's Harrier? Long outermost primary (same length as P6), solid black 'fingers' and the neat, regular barring on...
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Ssmiths replied to the thread Possible Kamchatka Gull in CA.Hi, the primary pattern of this bird fits brachyrhynchus and not kamtschatschensis, since it shows a distinct grey base to the outer web...
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Ssmiths replied to the thread [Vancouver Island, Canada] Could this be sth else then a gull?.It's a (2cal year) Glaucous-winged Gull or hybrid, Lou. @connorco : The birds in the background all look like Short-billed (= Mew)...
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Ssmiths replied to the thread Gull from Black Sea coast.It is a Caspian Gull.
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Ssmiths replied to the thread Stercorarius en Lanzarote a identificar ( Canarias ).It is a Great Skua (Bonxie).
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Ssmiths replied to the thread Glaucous-winged or Thayer's Gull, Reno NV USA.On the breeding grounds Thayer's Gull can be identified rather easily since they breed much further north in the High Arctic than most...
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Ssmiths replied to the thread Glaucous-winged or Thayer's Gull, Reno NV USA.The thing is: "Herring Gull-like structure", "quite large bill", "forehead not steep enough" - these features are fairly useless, since...
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Ssmiths replied to the thread New gull book - photos requested.No official release date yet... Everything should go to the printer in August so perhaps this autumn?
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Ssmiths replied to the thread Lesser Crested Tern?.Lemon-yellow instead of orange-yellow bill base, strong contrast between dark grey mantle and pale rump, and a very dark leading edge to...
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Ssmiths replied to the thread Gull NW Poland 24.09.2016.With just one picture and no open wing shots it is going to be extremely difficult if not impossible to "confirm" a hybrid. Why not...
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Ssmiths replied to the thread Glaucous-winged or Thayer's Gull, Reno NV USA.Not Glaucous-winged since the pattern of the outer primaries is too dark and contrasting and the tail pattern is all wrong. It is...
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Si overlooked the date, ones again too hasty. the robust and pale pinkish legs together with head striation and still growing primaries...
