Gulls on Film: March 2009

Saturday, 14 March 2009

Caspian Gull - Flickr Selection

1. Feb 2008, location unknown, Luciano Giussani, http://www.flickr.com/people/giuss95/

1. Aug 2004, location Finland (?), Risto Silaste, http://www.flickr.com/people/50677435@N00/

1. Sept 2007, Crimea, Ukraine, Vitaliy Khustochka, http://www.flickr.com/people/phenolog/

Jan 2009, near Kiev, Ukraine, VK, http://www.flickr.com/people/phenolog/

California Gull - Flickr Selection

Adult Basic/Summer. June 2007, Jamie Chavez, location unknown, http://www.flickr.com/people/almiyi/

Adult winter. Nov 2007, Len Blumin, http://www.flickr.com/people/lenblumin/

2nd Calendar Year. Palo Alto, California, July 2008, http://www.flickr.com/people/ddebold/

Adult Basic with some retained Alternate HeadStreaking. Bodega Bay, California, Feb 2008, http://www.flickr.com/people/lenblumin/

Adult Summer. March 2006, Len Blumin, http://www.flickr.com/people/lenblumin/

Adult Summer. California USA, July 2007, C.V.Vick, http://www.flickr.com/people/nuclearbunny/

Friday, 13 March 2009

Brown-headed Gull Flickr Selection.

http://www.flickr.com/people/yeliseev/ Sergey Yeliseev, Goa India , 27 November 2008.

http://www.flickr.com/people/pseudolapiz/. KC Hung, Jan 2008 location unknown.

Brown Hooded Gull - Flickr Selection

Nov 2005, Chile, Alastair Rae, http://www.flickr.com/people/merula/

Dec 2006, Pablo caceras Contreras, http://www.flickr.com/people/pablocaceres/

Nov 2008, Rocas de San Domingo, Chile, http://www.flickr.com/people/cassus/

Dec 2006, Pablo caceras Contreras, http://www.flickr.com/people/pablocaceres/

Johanes Duarte, location & date unknown, http://www.flickr.com/people/johanes2007/

Thursday, 12 March 2009

Bonaparte's Gull - Flickr Selection

Adult Summer May 2006, California USA, Len Blumin, http://www.flickr.com/people/lenblumin/

Adult Winter Sep 2007, Iceland, Omar Runolffson, http://www.flickr.com/people/omarrun/

Second Calendar Year or Second Summer. April 30, California USA, Jamie Chavez, http://www.flickr.com/people/almiyi/

Second Calendar Year or second summer. June 2007, California USA, CV Vick, http://www.flickr.com/people/nuclearbunny/

Adult moulting from winter to summer. April 2007, Ontario, Canada, Gavan Watson, http://www.flickr.com/people/gavatron/

Adult Winter Dec 2004, location unknown, Anita Gould, http://www.flickr.com/people/anitagould/

Second calendar Year Aug 2007, San Diego California, Jerry Oldenettel, http://www.flickr.com/people/jroldenettel/

Second Calendar Year Nov 2005, Ontario Canada, Vince Smith, http://www.flickr.com/people/vsmithuk/

I've been having an email conversation with Ian Fisher (ex Northumberland County Recorder & Photographer). Ian is just back from Japan and has kindly offered to send me a back catalogue of gull images to publish here, so look forward to some good stuff coming soon.

Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Black-Tailed Gull

The best of the Black Tailed Gull images from Flickr, showing various plumages and flight shots. The vagrancy record from Seven Rivers, New Mexico (Aug 2008, images 12-17) provided some good material for this species.