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[lou salomon]

pity you couldn't take an open wing shot (to elimnate a potential thayeri ). otherwise it will go under the category "probable northern argentatus".

 

[Cristian Mihai]

August 24th, Black Sea coast

 

[lou salomon]

that's a very nice example of a 2cy male gull, sp. easily recognizable on the same feature as it being a male

 

[Cristian Mihai]

that's a very nice example of a 2cy male gull, sp. easily recognizable on the same feature as it being a male

Yep, a male Yellow-legged Gull with a very strong bill and with some growing primaries.

 

[lou salomon]

quizz

isi uan

 

[snowcap]

Hi folks, any Id on this , photo`d in UK today, would be appreciated,

thanks.

 

[lou salomon]

from what i can see it looks ok for 2nd cycle herring.

 

[snowcap]

Thanks lou!

 

[tittletattler]

from what i can see it looks ok for 2nd cycle herring.

Agreed. Can't see any pale tips to the primaries and the tail is fairly dark (so not 3rd winter).

Quite a pale underwing though.

 

[snowcap]

Thanks Andy.

 

[ody]

Photo taken at Axios Delta,August 2012.
Is ths a Gull-billed Tern???
I mean the first one.

 

[lou salomon]

yes, ody, adult gull-billed.

 

[Tsingy]

Hi every, I want to geth your opinion.


Fist gull taken photo from Samsun/Turkey on 18.12.2014. It seems to fuscus group. It seems to me it might be 3rd winter of graellsii .

http://www.trakus.org/kods_bird/uye/[email protected]&idx=136383#.VJ_SmV4gHU


Second bird taken photo from İstanbul/Turkey on 20.09.2012. I didnt see feather patterns before. It might be YLG.

http://www.trakus.org/kods_bird/uye/[email protected]&idx=136944#.VJ_TSF4gHU

 

[lou salomon]

hi tsingy,

1st is from fuscus group as you say but i doubt that it's a western graellsii. powerful appearance, pale flesh-coloured legs and likeliness on location would rather suggest heuglini for this bird, a 3rd winter indeed.

2nd is a 1st summer (2nd calendar year!) michahellis.

 

[Tsingy]

Thanks Lou. The bill and leg not long for my expectation, and mantle color seems one level more dark, so I think, might be. Now i am a little far away coastline of Blacksea. Also a far away to gulls. But sometimes i can wisit my old location. Now i created a blog. İf you want to see look here.

http://turkgull.blogspot.com.tr/

Thanks, Cheers.

 

[lou salomon]

that's great, salman!

 

[pdwinter]

What age is this (presumed) Yellow-legged Gull? The flight feathers look adult to me but the large black band around the bill doesn't. Picture taken 31/12/2014 in Hampshire, UK.

 

[ody]

Is this a Larus armenicus???
Photo taken yesterday at Gallikos estuaries,THessaloniki.

 

[CerambyX]

Is this the 'rare and elusive' GBBG with yellow legs? January 2nd, W coast of Latvia.
Or what would GBBGxLBBG hybrid look like? Other than the color of legs rest of the bird (wingtip, bill) seems ok for GBBG though. It was a bit larger than Herring Gull but not by much (on the smaller end of GBBG).

Cheers!

 

[Tsingy]

Hi everyone, I want to geth your opinion about this gull. This photo taken by Kemal Kahraman, on 1.1.2015, in Trabzon-Turkey. It seems to be Herring gull Larus a. argentatus, with pale yellow legged. What are you thinking about ?