madcat 9/03/2011 20:20
Brown-headed gull 棕頭鷗
Mai Po 2011-03-08
Is it brown-headed gull??? I thought it was black-head gull in the begining, but I have doubt due to the broken eye-ring. I'd be grad if anyone can give advice.
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brendank 9/03/2011 21:09
The pale iris color suggests Brown-headed Gull. Any better shots of the primaries?
madcat 9/03/2011 21:36
Unfortunately this is the only photo showing a bit of its primaries... Thanks anyway.
lpaul 10/03/2011 06:56
The pale iris is diagnostic of Brown-headed Gull. Well done, quite a rare bird these day!
madcat 10/03/2011 08:03
Brown-headed gull 棕頭鷗
I saw at least two in this plumage...
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cgeoff 10/03/2011 10:13
Both with pale iris?
The hood of Black-headed Gull is actually brown.
GeoffC
madcat 10/03/2011 12:02
Brown-headed gull 棕頭鷗
What made me take photo of this bird was the 'bigger' size & 'redder' legs than the Black-headed around. At the same time, there was another one in similar size and legs around but I didn't take any photo. Until home when doing photo editing, I found out the differences to the Black-headed.
The second one could or could not be Brown-headed as I just judged based on its size.
Hope this clarify.
Bonnie
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Both with pale iris?
The hood of Black-headed Gull is actually brown.
GeoffC [/quote]
sdavid 11/03/2011 14:59
Two Brown-headed Gulls at the Boardwalk today.