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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: moratorian on February 06, 2008, 10:22:29 AM

Title: Odd Gull
Post by: moratorian on February 06, 2008, 10:22:29 AM

A pigment challenged Ring-billed Gull (Newfoundland July 2007)

http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/Mikes ... illed_Gull (http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/Mikes-Birds/Albino_Ring_billed_Gull)

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Post by: Kin Lau on February 06, 2008, 01:06:20 PM

Very neat... how long did it take to ID that?

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Post by: moratorian on February 06, 2008, 03:05:26 PM

Actually, I admit I could well be wrong here. I went by what appears to be a dark ring around the beak. However I realize, after looking at it a little closer, the beak is massive, much too big for a Ring-billed. More like a Great Black-backed, except the proportions do not look right. It looks like the beak came from another bird. Weird.

Mike

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Post by: Kin Lau on February 06, 2008, 04:19:30 PM

You might have to take a blood sample for a positive ID if it's a hybrid albino.

I noticed on Jean Iron's NFLD trip that she had quite a few unidentifiable hybrids also.

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Post by: raypye on February 09, 2008, 09:04:20 AM

Its most likely a Glaucous Gull.-1st or 2nd year. 1st year has a dark eye, 2nd year has a pale eye.