Hallo all, last May I spent a few weeks in Poland and as usual I made a few trips to the rubbish tip at Lubna near Warsaw. For those of you who wonder what's...
Essex Gull Hi all The attached images show a bird that seems to have characters of a possible 2nd winter Franklins Gull. I have studied the images carefully...
One more picture from Steve of the same gull -- Menotti Passarella Gorino FE ... Da: birdinggulls@yahoogroups.com To: Gullsgroup <birdinggulls@yahoogroups.com>...
The black of the wing tip is more extensive than any 2nd winter MedGull I've seen, extending well along the primaries as a black wedge on the upperwing, whilst...
... Pic #107 in the old Grant's \"Gulls\" shows a Med gull with a not-too-dissimilar pattern... ... ...yes, but on the secondaries only. I'd expect an obvious...
Volume 149 Number 1 of Journal of Ornithology is now available on the SpringerLink web site at http://springerlink.com In this issue: Original Article ...
Dear friends, we are little bit confused with this first-year bird, recorded in February in the NE Czech republic. It looks like Great Black-backed, but...
Hi all and sorry for this off topic. May I suggest to check this blog out ? http://dontkillflamingos.blogspot.com/ It contains infos, videos and pictures...
... After careful examination, this looks like a immature yellow-legged gull. The bill is completely dark and the gull in your picture is slightly lighter than...
Hi, At first sight it looks a quite odd bird to me, either as a GBBG or YlG. The underparts are very dark for both species (or at least for YlG, which I’m ...
Hallo Martin, the pale window on the inner hand does not seem to fit YLG because it lacks the contrast between the dark outer and paler inner webs typical for...
Just a short one to say I agree with Ruud. It does not look like YLG to me. I have less experience that he has with GBBG but that looks like the best choice...
Hi all, Several features point to Great Black-Backed, for example the vermiculation along underwing coverts, the very heavy bill, the primary panel with P3-P6...
Dear friends, thank you for your replies. It seems that the bird should not be Yellow-legged; it looks odd to me too. We have some Yellow-leggs almost...
hello all, yesterday i saw a very weird black-headed gull (i think it was one), with all dark upper wings and some strange white patches. unfortunately it was ...
... Couldn't it be a black-winged morph of 1st-cy Little Gull Larus minutus? Cheers. ================================================ Alain Fossé, LPO Anjou ...
hi alain, no, a little gull would have been so conspicous in flight i wouldn't have mistaken it. i know the dark winged morph and of course this was the first...
Hi All This weather so far here in Nova Scotia appears to be colder and with more snow hitting us earlier then in recent years, and for these reasons we are...
Hi there Nice Photo of an 1cy GBBG All the best for the new Gullyear! Nils Nils Helge Lorentzen co/Lista RG Box 171 4561 Vanse NORWAY ... From: Martin Vavrík ...
Hi All On New Years day I was able to get some improved photos of a large gull pointed out to me from a few days previous by Richard Stern, and the general...
hi all, check these pics of an estonian BHG on tarsiger from 27.12.2007 they show a bird very similar to the gull i saw in stuttgart, germany on 18.12.2007!...
Hi, A nice and interesting gull. But why is the general opinion that it is likely hybrid GBBG x Glaucous? I would expect more buffish underparts and more barrs...
Hi Leon and all Admittingly, I wasn't able to find a suitable link to explain the conclusion drawn here in regards to the last gull photos I have just posted....
We usually see several individuals of this age each winter here in Newfoundland, which we consider probable GBBGxGLGU hybrids -- often looking quite similar to...
Hello all My name is Brynjúlfur (Binni) and liv in Höfn, SE-Iceland. I´m not at Gull expert but for me this bird looks like a hybrid Herring x Glaucous here...
Hi, Why do I think it is a hybrid GBBG x Glaucous? Difficult question, I hope I am able to explain (in english, which makes it more difficult). When I saw the...
Dear all, Sorry to interfer in the GBBGxGLGU hybrid debat but can you please look at these pics : http://www.ornitho.ch/index.php?m_id=54&mid=31336 ...
