caspian gull

Goéland pontique - Larus cachinnans - Caspian Gull

Individual showing thayeri wing tip pattern.

Still easing my way into delta day 3\s photos. One more day of delta classics tomorrow, then on Thursday I\ll share the first glimpses of the lifer bird that was the highlight of the day for me. After a couple more days with that one, a series about a rather special scene with a Purple Heron to...

as we cruised by. This shot and the next (or previous, depending on which order you see them in) are nearly identical. I could have posted just one ... or a whole series. I figured two would be enough to give an impression of being on a river cruise. Hope you enjoy the feeling |=)|

as we cruised by. This shot and the next (or previous, depending on which order you see them in) are nearly identical. I could have posted just one ... or a whole series. I figured two would be enough to give an impression of being on a river cruise. Hope you enjoy the feeling |=)|

Note the sizes. I used to think Black-headed Gulls were quite small, and at first I thought Squacco Herons were sort of medium large. But look how small this Squacco is, even compared to the BHGs :eek!: Anyhooo ... when we got back to the floatel at the end of day 1 on the delta, it had been...

Seen basking in evening sun as we cruised back along the channel to the floatel.

I found this bird in Herastrau Park, Bucharest, Romania, on February 21st/22nd 2012. It was ringed as pullus (on June 10th 2010) in Ukraine, at 716 kilometers from Bucharest.

A Happy New Year!

A 2cy bird.

I've named this bird "Jamie's gull", because we spotted it for the first time on February 19th during scottishdude's visit in Romania. Since that day, I've spotted this bird (a 4cy-5cy individual) several times, in the same area from Herastrau park.