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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: gary yankech on May 04, 2010, 10:36:30 PM

Title: juvenile ring billed gull?
Post by: gary yankech on May 04, 2010, 10:36:30 PM

hi,

I was going through some of my older pictures from the last few months and noticed this bird; it was amongst a group of long tailed ducks. I took this back on march 21, 2010 at Leslie Spit.  I think it is a juvenile ring billed gull but, it seemed very big for a gull. Why is its bill solid black though? Did I get it right?

 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49663413@N08/4580320112/)

Gary Yankech

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Post by: Brian Bailey on May 04, 2010, 10:49:42 PM

My guess would be that it's a second winter Herring Gull:  the overall colour, the heavy bill and the fact that it seemed bigger than a ring-bill.

BB

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Post by: gary yankech on May 04, 2010, 11:53:32 PM

You could be right...I was originally comparing it the ring billed gull picture from the OFO checklist photo galleries. I never thought to check if it might be a herring gull. I will definitely check into it. Thanks.

Gary Yankech

Quote from: "Brian Bailey"

My guess would be that it's a second winter Herring Gull:  the overall colour, the heavy bill and the fact that it seemed bigger than a ring-bill.

BB