1 w Yellow-legged gull (L. michahellis), 06-04-06. Dark individual showing a restricted post-juvenile/winter moult ringed in the Ebro delta as a chick
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Showing posts with label April. Show all posts
20 May 2009
19 May 2009
18 May 2009
3 w Yellow-legged gull (L. michahellis), 13-04-05
3 w Yellow-legged gull (L. michahellis), 13-04-05. Immaturity traces in 3rd winter birds are usally restricted to primary coverts and alula.
27 April 2009
7 April 2009
1 w Herring/Cantabric Yellow-legged gull (L. argentatus/michahellis lusitanius). 06-04-09. Txingudi. Guipuzkoa. Euskal Herria
1 w Herring/Cantabric Yellow-legged gull (L. argentatus/michahellis lusitanius). 06-04-09. Txingudi. Guipuzkoa. Euskal Herria. In spite I find many problems with first winter cantabric YLG and HG, it looks too pale overall to be a YLG, specially in the scapulars.
1 w Caspian looking gull (Larus sp.), 06-04-09. Txingudi. Guipuzkoa. Euskal Herria
1 w. Caspian looking gull (Larus sp.), 06-04-09. Txingudi. Guipuzkoa. Euskal Herria. Nice display in spite of the bad quality of the pictures.It's the same individual than the next 2 posts down in the blog.
1 w Caspian looking gull (Larus sp.), 06-04-09. Txingudi. Guipuzkoa. Euskal Herria
1 w Caspian looking gull (Larus sp.), 06-04-09. Txingudi. Guipuzkoa. Euskal HerriaThe same individual than the previous and next post. Flight shots show active primary moult.1 w Caspian looking gull (Larus sp.), 06-04-09. Txingudi. Guipuzkoa. Euskal Herria
1 w Caspian looking gull (Larus sp.), 06-04-09. Txingudi. Guipuzkoa. Euskal Herria. A patterned individual in lesser coverts, scapulars and uppertail coverts. It's the same individual than the next 2 posts up in the blog.Maybe it's not a typical caspian but in my opinion most things match.
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