cywong 23/02/2008 22:59
Shandong, Feb2008
Shandong, 03/02/08 to 07/02/08
Vega Gulls (Please correct me if they are not.)
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_5777s.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_5810s.jpg[/img]
Black-tailed Gulls
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_5612s.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_5632s.jpg[/img]
Common Mergansers
Male & Female
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_0419s-1.jpg[/img]
Female
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_6314s.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_6174s.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_6180s.jpg[/img]
Male
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_0421s.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_0406s.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_0415s.jpg[/img]
Mallard - Male & Female
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_5830s-1.jpg[/img]
Common Goldeneye - Male & Female
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_0312c.jpg[/img]
Common Shelduck
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_5118s.jpg[/img]
Common Cranes
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_6375s.jpg[/img]
Coal Tit
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_0230s.jpg[/img]
Blue Rock Thrush
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/cywong/IMG_0095s.jpg[/img]
cgeoff 24/02/2008 20:35
Cherry,
The first bird is a Yellow-legged Gull L. (c) mongolicus. Pale upperparts, very little streaking around the head, large white mirror in p10, and pinkish-yellowish legs.
The second bird is a Vega Gull, based on the smaller mirror on p10 and purer pink legs. The adult chasing the merganser is also a Vega Gull.
Geoff
cywong 25/02/2008 21:58
[quote:0b8403fdfc="thendrix"]nice :D
山東長島 ?[/quote]
謝謝！
因為不夠時間，沒有去長島；只是去了成山衛和石島。
cywong 25/02/2008 22:11
[quote:8058e9d8df="cgeoff"]Cherry,
The first bird is a Yellow-legged Gull L. (c) mongolicus. Pale upperparts, very little streaking around the head, large white mirror in p10, and pinkish-yellowish legs.
The second bird is a Vega Gull, based on the smaller mirror on p10 and purer pink legs. The adult chasing the merganser is also a Vega Gull.
Geoff[/quote]
Geoff,
Thanks for correcting the identities of the gulls and explaining the differences between Yellow-legged Gulls and Vega gulls. In fact, I found it very difficult to differentiate between these 2 species, and MacKinnon & Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of China indicates that onlyVega Gulls are present in this part of China, so I assumed that all these gulls are Vega Gulls.