fneil 23/01/2008 22:28
Unknown Gulls
Two gulls from today at NSW that I'm not sure about. Neil
Nam San Wai
Hong Kong,
China.
23/01/08
Nikon D3 plus Nikon 300/f4 AFS lens and Nikon 1.4x teleconverter
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深藍-Owen 24/01/2008 18:39
Neil, i believe its Heuglin's Gull Juv and Adult.
tmichael 24/01/2008 20:19
Interested to hear from others more knowledgeable on details of 'mirrors' etc (ie pattern of white spots on the primaries basically), but I'd have thought pinkish legs and pale underwing, as well as what we can see and judge of upperpart colour and the clean white head suggest the adult is a Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans of the form mongolicus, recently designated by the British Ornithologists Union as American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus mongolicus.
Certainly interested to hear about the first winter bird.
Mike Turnbull
fneil 24/01/2008 20:49
Mike,
The clean white head threw me too as I was looking at the guide.Neil.