Hello, Has anyone seen any juvenile Gulls where they live? Here in the Chicago Area, the Ring-Billed Gull fledged juveniles that hatched this year at Lake...
Hi all, for a forthcoming article to be published online at http://www.club300.de/ I would like to include some up-to-date information about the current...
In comparison with the accompanying Herring Gulls, it is very dark. Are you thinking Macaronesia or Lesser Black-backed X Herring Gull? :-) Barry M B Lancaster...
... After viewing the picture, this looks like a Herring Gull X Lesser Black-Backed Gull hybrid since their breeding ranges overlap on the isles of Great...
... Hello Pierre, Thanks for the info. It says there are only about 10,000 or so Relict Gulls in the world.They are breeding in Kazahstan, Russia and China....
Hi John, This year, we caught a big male on nest bird at Dunkerque (Nord - France). It was darker than YLG. Perhaps LARFUS*LARARG ? Jean-Pierre ... From: "John...
To my eyes, that gull looks like a macaronesian bird. Rafa John P(e)k dio: Hi, Would like any comments on this "Yellow Legged" Gull seen recently in North...
Hallo all, I hope these images are not too large. I have difficulty ageing this LBBG, photographed early June in Amsterdam. Is it a 2cy or 3cy? Note P9-10,...
Dear all, In addition: the latest issue of the Russian ornithological journal 'Ornitologiya' mentions a recent record of a Relict Gull to the south of the city...
... Hello Ruud, After looking at the book "Gulls of the Americas", I have conluded that this is most likely a second-cycle Lesser Black-Backed Gull. There is...
Hallo, thanks to those who replied to my email. All mailed me that it's (obviously) a 2cy but note that the plumage itself may not but totally indicative. For...
... I examined the picture quite thouroughly. This just looks like a 3rd cycle Lesser Black-Backed Gull even though its legs are still flesh-colored. After a...
Dear all, Any comment on this juvenile gull from Russia would be much appreciated (privately or on the list). The bird was photographed by Vladimir Deryabin on...
... Hello Geert, The Gull in the photo is a juvenile Caspian Gull which is one of the members of the Herring Gull family. The location of its range relative to...
Hallo Darien, could you explain to us why this gull is a juvenile Caspian Gull and not a Yellow-legged Gull L michahellis? You mention size but as there are no...
... From: "Edwin Russer" <e.russer@...> To: <birdinggulls-owner@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:41 AM Subject: Re: a gull from Moscow ...
Hi Darien, Ruud & others, Judging by bill shape alone I find it very hard to call this bird a Caspian Gull. To my eyes, the combination of whitish face and...
Hallo Geert, probably it's also a matter of having been overlooked. Baltic Herring Gulls and YLG can be very difficult to separate and not just as juveniles. ...
... Hello Ruud, After reviewing some photographs, you are right in this could be a Yellow-Legged Gull but I did not think it was because I did not realize that...
... Hello Geert, Thanks for the feedback. You are possibly right that this could be a Yellow-Legged Gull I just did not realize that they bred this far east....
Hi Ruud, ... True. A juvenile YLG near Moscow in July could well be an indication of northward dispersion (and, who knows, maybe more are to follow?). It is ...
Hi Ruud, ... True. A juvenile YLG near Moscow in July could well be an indication of northward dispersion (and, who knows, maybe more are to follow?). It is ...
Hi all, according to Wetlands International (2006): Waterbird population estimates. 4th edition there are (roosting): fuscus 55.500 intermedius 325.000 -...
Hi all, I'm sending you a few pictures of a gull that I can't identify with confidence. Pictures are taken in Varanger, Norway, last June 2th. There are some...
Hello Gabriel, I think that this gull is too dark to be a Glaucoua gull X Herring Gull hyrbrid as well as too large. My preliminary determination is that this...
Hi Darien, a GBBG was certainly my first and "logical" thought, because that species is very common in Finnmark (Norway), usually in company of Herrings. But...
