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/
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/

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/

New Images Coming

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.

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Band Tailed Gull - Flickr Selection

http://www.flickr.com/people/merula/ Alistair Rae http://www.flickr.com/people/cassus/ C Gaston (Feb 2008)
Adult alternate plumage.
http://www.flickr.com/people/micguti/ Michel Gutierrez
Adult, basic plumage.
This looks like a first calendar year bird.