This post shows a selection of Caspian Gulls photographed on a recent trip to Latvia. All shots were taken between 8 and 13 April on the landfill site in Riga. A range of age-groups is shown. In total we saw about 15
cachinnans while on the dump; most were just present for one or two days during our stay, suggesting that passage was taking place.
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A long-calling adult male.
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Same bird as above; note the albatross posture.
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Same bird as above. Note that this individual has only a broken bar on P5.
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Adult, the same bird as above.
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A near-adult bird (same as below). It had extensive dark markings on the primary coverts.
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A near-adult bird (same as above)
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A 4 cy bird; the same individual is shown below.
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A 4 cy; same as above
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A different 4 cy
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A long-calling 3 cy
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A 3 cy; a different individual to the bird above
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A 2 cy
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Another photo of the above 2cy.
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A 2 cy (large and robust and presumably a male)
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The same bird as pictured above
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Another 2 cy
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The bird above, showing its underwings
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The same 2 cy as pictured in the above two images
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A 2 cy
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Another nice large male bird (2cy).
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2cy. The same bird as shown above; an aggressive bird.