I spent a very nice day in the company of Cristian Mihai, birding in the city area.
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This bird was a shock - a partial albino/leucistic Caspian Gull! This image is very poor - the bird was miles away and so this is a heavily cropped photo taken with two converters (a 2x and 1.4x) placed back to back to help overcome the distance; still, it gives the general impression of this interesting bird. Also in the pic are other
cachinnans and
michahellis.
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1 cy (soon to be 2cy)
cachinnans![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWiK_6xNtXZ0h_E_0nJ6Z1J6LvIV2YQAouVwTd5QArTKg9SF8VAlvc0v4oRKjCGZn_IsH9GsLQciuiy4ZSQ0o5fGKW3ApQFyrVge0sMQOPxcWrsbD-Q-PIFApxfGi9ukkOjvbiZDhhGuTK/s400/webFS7E2417.jpg)
Close up of the same bird
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Nuthatch. It was great to photograph some common birds in the winter snow.
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The same nuthatch
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Blue tit looking nice in the snow