Pomarine or Arctic (1 Viewer)

[Murat Kocas]

Hello,

Could you please help me to identify this skua?

Photo is shot in Mersin/Turkey on 19.01.2021

Regards

Murat Kocas

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

Pomarine I think

 

[Andy Hurley]

Pomarine I think

Square tailed, prominent wing flash and heavy and pale based beak, taken together, point to pomarine juv

 

[PYRTLE]

I too would initially go for Pomarine based on bulkier shape and silhouette.

 

[Lisa W]

Hi, just wanted to remind you to please put a location in your thread title. Thanks.

 

[PYRTLE]

Hi, just wanted to remind you to please put a location in your thread title. Thanks.

I thought he had said that as well as the date, in his original post, Mersin - Turkey ( which has not been edited ).

 

[Lisa W]

I thought he had said that as well as the date, in his original post, Mersin - Turkey ( which has not been edited ).

He did, but we have asked, and it is a sticky that members put the location in the thread title. I was just reminding him.

 

[Murat Kocas]

He did, but we have asked, and it is a sticky that members put the location in the thread title. I was just reminding him.

I did not know this requirement. Thank you for waning me.

 

[Lisa W]

I did not know this requirement. Thank you for waning me.

I didn’t mean it as a warning, more of a reminder. A lot of us forget it over time. Makes it easier for those that are interested in helping.