marnixR
WYSIWYG
the two attached pictures were taken in Cudillero, Asturias, northern Spain in the second half of august
the first one is i think fairly typical of a yellow-legged gull, and as far as i can tell so were all other adult gulls
so you would expect the juveniles to be yellow-legged gulls as well, except that the one in the second picture has pink legs
so this leaves two possibilities : either young yellow-legged gulls start off with pink legs which later on turn yellow, or for some reason all the juveniles i saw were herring gulls and the adults yellow-legged ones
both options seems somewhat surprising, so which of the two is it ?
the first one is i think fairly typical of a yellow-legged gull, and as far as i can tell so were all other adult gulls
so you would expect the juveniles to be yellow-legged gulls as well, except that the one in the second picture has pink legs
so this leaves two possibilities : either young yellow-legged gulls start off with pink legs which later on turn yellow, or for some reason all the juveniles i saw were herring gulls and the adults yellow-legged ones
both options seems somewhat surprising, so which of the two is it ?