Just to confirm if it is a Yellow-legged Gull. Notice the anchor form in the scapulars. I want to know if this is enough to separate a Yellow-legged Gull from...
Hello all. Thank you for helping me to identify provably the first Herring Gull sighted in Madrid. I attached two more pictures of this bird. Regards Delfín ...
Hello all. Thank you for helping me to identify provably the first Herring Gull sighted in Madrid. I attached two more pictures of this bird. Regards Delfín ...
Dear delfin, Is this the same bird that you sent previously as Larus spp? This is argentatus of course... Pierre-André Crochet CNRS-UMR 5175 Centre d'Ecologie...
Hello Pierre, Yes this is the same gull, I send you the first picture that I sent Thank you for all comments Regards Delfín De: birdinggulls@yahoogroups.com...
Hi all! I'm planning a (probable) trip to Amsterdam in May for close-distance gullwatching (LBBG and HG). I would like some info about the most interesting...
Is true, there are another two published observation in Madrid, but in my opinion this two reports have to be revised due to the difficulty of a true ...
Hello. I send you two pictures of LBBG, we do not know if this birds swallowed some think or is another problems. What do you think? Regards Delfín _____ ...
Is true, there are another two published observation in Madrid, but in my opinion this two reports have to be revised due to the difficulty of a true ...
Hi the first one has lost the upper mandible! I've never seen that before... the second is probably stuck with some kind of rubbish. All the best! Gabi ...
Hello! A second picture shows the gull have swallowed plastic sack but handgrips have snaged over the bill like loops. I have seen such situation in the...
Hi all I have seen this bird a few hours ago, in a landfill close to Madrid, Spain. At first glance, I thought it was a big male YLG michahellis (not rare...
Hi Gabi, I think it's a 2 cy GBBG larus marinus. All the best, Nicolas Hoffmann ... ___________________________________________________________________________...
I agree with other members ... If I saw that bird here (Newfoundland, eastern Canada), I wouldn't even look at it twice. Definitely a 2cy Great Black-backed...
Thanks a lot for your answers, GBBG is a rarity inland Spain (not in the north, where is scarce in winter). It's only the second record for Madrid province...
The Mediterranean Yellow Leg Gull. Regards Delfín De: birdinggulls@yahoogroups.com [mailto:birdinggulls@yahoogroups.com] En nombre de Cliff and Lisa Weisse ...
Delfin, I can't find any YL Gulls in O & L that have a bill close to this thick. The YLGUs superficially resemble this bird but the bills are much thinner...
Hello. Do not forget that we have in Spain the Mediterranean Yellow Leg Gull that have similar size and shape that GBBG, and this bird have a good pattern of ...
Some pictures obtained in the same landfill (Madrid), and this are normal Mediterranean YLG. In picture 4 you can compare with YLG a LBBG. Regards Delfín De:...
Laughing at me! Today at Mayagüez, PR -- Gabriel Lugo Festival de Aves Endémicas del Caribe Puerto Rico 2008 Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña,Inc ...
ça fait rêver ;-) http://ivorygull.npolar.no/ivorygull/map.html -- Amitiés. Afin de contribuer au respect de l'environnement, merci de n'imprimer ce mail...
hello gabi while this ind. looks promising for a GBBG i'd take delfin's concerns serious: for me there is not enough evidence in these pics to nail it ...
Hi Lou, nothing bad if the bird is definitely a YLG, but, in my opinion and the whole people consulted, is a GBBG. True, there are YLG with strong and big...
Hi, I agree with Lou Bertalan. While Gabi’s bird has some very good points for GBBG, I would not discard YlG on the basis of these pictures alone. I attach a...
Hello, I've created a new album called "Gulls from Mallorca", in which ther are 4 photos of a gull seen in Mallorca a few days ago. I've shown the photos to...
