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- Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:12 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Viking Gull or Thayer's Gull in Denmark?
- Replies: 25
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Re: Viking Gull or Thayer's Gull in Denmark?
You can count me in as someone from North America (who sees Thayer's in small numbers every year) who finds there to be something wrong with the appearance of this bird... I won't try to break down any detailed plumage or structure analysis, but just add my personal opinion that is strikes me as som...
- Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:36 am
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: "Common Gull" in Ontario, Canada?
- Replies: 1
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"Common Gull" in Ontario, Canada?
Apologies for a very brief posting.. I'm currently on the road, but am hoping to get some opinions on the gull seen here: http://www.jeaniron.ca/Gulls/2011/mewcobourg.htm Our annual record committee meeting is this Sunday morning, where we will discuss if we can accept this bird as the 2nd record of...
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:54 pm
- Forum: Herring Gull
- Topic: Herring Gull "Tail-bands" in North America (Ontario, Canada)
- Replies: 5
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Herring Gull "Tail-bands" in North America (Ontario, Canada)
I've spent a few years now trying to document these unusual "Euro-vega like" Herring Gulls in North America, which are often explained as variations in Smith HEGU's. The frequency in which I'm seeing them is somewhat alarming, and almost makes me wonder if they are born somewhere around the Great La...
- Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:01 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: An old wound: Gull sp from ON, Canada - 2004
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3086
Re: An old wound: Gull sp from ON, Canada - 2004
Hi Brandon! A quicky. Here´s the 'Binbrock gull' again, which I saw a few years back and asking about here if you remember? http://www.surfbirds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4351&highlight=brandon+holden (now I can´t find that gull in question ;) ) I would say that , if not something else obscure, th...
- Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:33 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: An old wound: Gull sp from ON, Canada - 2004
- Replies: 3
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An old wound: Gull sp from ON, Canada - 2004
After having my website crash, I've been working on getting old gull images back online. A few days ago, I re-visited a very controversial gull from late December, 2004. It is a bird largely in 1st basic plumage, photos here: https://picasaweb.google.com/Peregrine13/BinbrookMysteryGull# The bird was...