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Anne Elliott club

Posted: 30 Jan 2014

Taken: 27 Aug 2013

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1/1250 • f/5.0 • 108.0 mm • ISO 100 •

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Juvenile Herring Gull?

Juvenile Herring Gull?
I'm really bad at Gull identification, but I think this might be a juvenile Herring Gull. Somehow, I just can't get "into" Gulls, though the young ones really can be quite attractive with all their brown markings. Taken at Pearce Estate on 27 August 2013.

No, I think I was wrong, and that this is in fact a juvenile Ring-billed Gull.

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 LeapFrog
LeapFrog
Hard to say Anne ... I think it is a 1st Winter Herring Gull ... many juvies of gulls look very similar at this stage ... you can see some the similarities to the Ring-billed Gull ... great capture and excellent feather details too ...

Herring Gulls

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Ring-billed Gulls

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Conclusion: Transition from Juvie to 1st Winter Herring Gull by the partial black colouration of the beak and head feather colours.
11 years ago. Edited 11 years ago.

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