Choshi harbour, Chiba, Japan | 5 March 2020
A subadult (4CY?) argentatus-grey herring-like gull with little white and little black on the primaries.
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For now I think the last of my gulls in Choshi harbour. I have been reading up on the subject, looking at a few 1000 photos over the last weeks and of course...i'm drifting further from firm knowledge than I wished for...but that is part of the learning process of course.
But it also means that I don't dare give a real suggestion anymore.
What would you say this is...
Vega is the standard for the area, Mongolian Gull, Taimyr Gull, Glaucous Gull, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull and American Herring Gull are the large white gulls of the area.
All of them were seen in the same period. I have been thinking it could also be another Thayer's.
I have been checking several (near)brilliant gull-sites, www.gull-research.org of course, but also
http://mituyubi.com/kamome/kamome-top.html and
http://strix.main.jp/?page_id=48&tagname=xamerican_herring_gull&lang=en
anyone?
cheers,
Gerben
A subadult (4CY?) argentatus-grey herring-like gull with little white and little black on the primaries.
Vega Gull - Larus vegae 2020-03-05 | Japan
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Vega Gull (Subspecies Larus argentatus vegae)
Vega Gull from Kawaguchicho, Choshi, Chiba 288-0001, Japan on March 5, 2020 at 02:48 PM by Gerben ter Haar. A few weeks of getting to grips with the subject of gulls in Japan has left me less secure than I...
www.inaturalist.org
For now I think the last of my gulls in Choshi harbour. I have been reading up on the subject, looking at a few 1000 photos over the last weeks and of course...i'm drifting further from firm knowledge than I wished for...but that is part of the learning process of course.
But it also means that I don't dare give a real suggestion anymore.
What would you say this is...
Vega is the standard for the area, Mongolian Gull, Taimyr Gull, Glaucous Gull, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull and American Herring Gull are the large white gulls of the area.
All of them were seen in the same period. I have been thinking it could also be another Thayer's.
I have been checking several (near)brilliant gull-sites, www.gull-research.org of course, but also
http://mituyubi.com/kamome/kamome-top.html and
http://strix.main.jp/?page_id=48&tagname=xamerican_herring_gull&lang=en
anyone?
cheers,
Gerben
