ckn

12/1/2009
Nam Sang Wai

Note: Thanks HKBWS's experts Geoff and John in helping me to identify this gull.(Edited on 14/1/2009 19:52hr.)

#1   D300 + 600/4VR


#2   D300 + 600/4VR + 1.4X


#3   D300 + 600/4VR + 1.4X


[ Last edited by ckn at 14/01/2009 19:53 ]

ckn

Quote:

Original posted by John Holmes at 13/01/2009 11:16
Large Gulls can be difficult, but I think this is Yellow-legged Gull , Larus (cachinnans) mongolicus.

As described in Lam, Viney and Phillipps "The Birds of Hong Kong and South China" it is "larger-b ...

Thanks John.  This was the same bird we photographed on Monday morning.  I agree it is quite difficult for me (a green birdwatcher) to identify gulls, though I had searched against the same book "The Birds of Hong Kong and South China" by Lam, Viney and Phillips.  


Subject name has been amended accordingly.  Thanks again.  

ckn

Thanks both Geoff and John in helping me to identify the gull.   I add herebelow a few more higher resolution photographs (1024 pixels wide) of this gull.

Thanks.  

KN