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Iceland Gull ID (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter NJBirder12
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No - Iceland Gull never has wing tips this dark. Looks more like a Herring Gull.
Mark Lew1s
My real name is Mark Lewis
Where were the pics taken?
NJBirder12
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pics taken in bradley beach - central nj
SteveClifton
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rollingthunder
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I didn’t think the two pics were the same bird and thought the left-hand could be Mew but RB seems ok - the right-hand bird looks bigger built?
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lou salomon
the birdonist
not in an NA context, since kumlien's and even thayer's gulls are called iceland gull nowadays. the flying bird is a 2nd cycle ring-billed gull as already stated and the swimming one looks like it could well be the same bird.
I was thinking of Kumlein's (which I don't think can get as extensively black on the wingtips as this bird) but had forgotten that Thayer's is lumped these days.
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