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Author: madcat Time: 9/03/2011 20:20 Subject: 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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Author: brendank Time: 9/03/2011 21:09

The pale iris color suggests Brown-headed Gull. Any better shots of the primaries?

Author: madcat Time: 9/03/2011 21:36

Unfortunately this is the only photo showing a bit of its primaries... Thanks anyway.

Author: lpaul Time: 10/03/2011 06:56

The pale iris is diagnostic of Brown-headed Gull. Well done, quite a rare bird these day!

Author: madcat Time: 10/03/2011 08:03 Subject: Brown-headed gull 棕頭鷗

I saw at least two in this plumage...

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Author: cgeoff Time: 10/03/2011 10:13

Both with pale iris?

The hood of Black-headed Gull is actually brown.

GeoffC

Author: madcat Time: 10/03/2011 12:02 Subject: 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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原帖由 cgeoff 於 2011-3-10 10:13 發表
Both with pale iris?

The hood of Black-headed Gull is actually brown.

GeoffC

Author: sdavid Time: 11/03/2011 14:59

Two Brown-headed Gulls at the Boardwalk today.

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