Outdoor Ontario
Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Dinusaur on January 24, 2015, 09:06:31 PM
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I went to Scarborough Bluffers park today together with two other fellow birders. We saw Jean Iron there and he mentioned of Thayer's and Kumlien's (or may be Iceland) gulls. I have taken shots of gulls that look slightly different from ring-billed hoping to find Thayer's and Iceland or Kumlien's. - not sure if I am identifying them correctly. Please help. Thanks in advance.
1. Thayer's on the left (bowed head) and Iceland (Kumlien's) on the right?
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/16171934788_d798b51bd8_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16171934788/)
2. Herring or First year's Thayer's?
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7421/16171929598_563dc686f9_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16171929598/)
3. Kumlien's?
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7438/16333577986_587c0ca3ac_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16333577986/)
4. Thayer's or may be an adult Herring?
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7387/16357786241_12fda013df_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16357786241/)
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1. Adult Herring (left) Adult Kumlien's (right)
2. Juvenile Kumlien's
3. Adult Kumlien's
4. Adult Herring
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Thanks Henrique. I saw your post in Ontario Birds section and went back to see more of my photos that I took today in order find the Thayer's. Is the one on the right below a Thayer's? Can't really tell the eye color. However, I believe the one behind it and appears larger in size is mostl likely an adult Herring. Are Thayer's gulls slightly smaller in size compared to Herrings? Thanks.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7373/16359062392_7c8d86b601_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/16359062392/)
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You got it! Congrats!