tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65606708599124600282024-03-17T13:20:40.492-07:00Chris Gibbins - gulls & birdsA web site dedicated to gulls in North East Scotland and beyondChris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-82287823531916634812016-04-04T22:39:00.001-07:002016-04-04T22:39:28.598-07:00Some stuff from BajaHere are some images from Baja California, taken on a recent trip there. Most of the time was spent taking pictures of large gulls (mainly Yellow-footed) but there were lots of other birds and marine mammals (especially whales) too; here are a few of these 'other things'...<br />
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Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-71861188433412938412016-02-21T23:38:00.001-08:002016-02-21T23:38:48.595-08:00Pacific GullI was in Melbourne, Australia, for work but managed some gulling. Here are some Pacific Gulls (<em>L.pacificus</em>) - a species that I was particularly keen to photograph. 'Impressive' is the only word needed to describe them.<br />
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I visited a short-tailed shearwater colony and found that each morning Pacific Gulls (and Kelps) came to feed on birds that were moribund, as well as to dig chicks out from burrows (which crows and Kelps did, but then once pulled out, Pacific came in and took over). So, the bird corpses in some of these images are shearwaters<br />
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<br />Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-64313627036635755872015-08-07T09:17:00.003-07:002015-08-07T09:17:27.430-07:00Lanzarote PelagicThis time last year Hywel Maggs, Phil Crockett and myself went on one of the Lanzarote pelagics. It was an utterly fantastic trip; the whole experience was simply unforgettable. Here are some of the better birds.... I'm sure you will recognise them....<br />
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I was in Spain working from 23 April until 2 May, based at Lleida. The drylands around the city are great for birds and the city rubbish dump can be really good for raptors. Here are some pics taken on 28 April close to the city (mainly at the landfill site). <br />
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Many Griffon Vultures were present at the landfill site (I estimated a couple of hundred on the dump and passing overhead during the course of an afternoon visit). <br />
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Many Black Kites were present on the dump.<br />
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And one or two Short-toed Eagles passing overChris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-87231492886385337112014-05-04T23:18:00.001-07:002014-05-04T23:18:37.607-07:00Some birds from Egypt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A family holiday took me to Sharm el Sheik, Egypt. These are a few pics taken on the trip, 14-22 April 2014. <br />
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White-eyed was the common gull species<br />
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Slender-billed Gulls were also abundant<br />
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My personal gull highlight was this fine Heuglin's<br />
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Sooty Gulls were dotted around amongst the White-eyed Gulls<br />
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Red-throated Pipit was common but very nice to see (and hear).<br />
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Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-78000383044284408142014-02-10T01:16:00.004-08:002014-02-10T07:07:53.252-08:00Caspian Gulls in Istanbul<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I spent the period 28 Dec 2013 to 8 Jan 2014 in Istanbul. I spent most time in the city, looking at gulls around the fish markets and taking ferries across the Bosphorus. Yellow-legged was the most abundant gull, but there were also many Caspians. Here are some images of Caspian Gulls from the trip. Many many thanks to Dilek Sahin for her help and hospitality during my stay, and to the other Turkish birders I met during my time there. Istanbul is really a great place to watch gulls!<br />
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Many gulls follow the ferries and so provide great photo opportunities.<br />
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And finally, a view of one of the boats crossing the Bosphorus. Fortunately feeding bread to the gulls is very popular, so they follow the boats as they cross back and forth...<br />
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These pics are all from a pelegic trip out of Cape Town on 28 June. Utterly amazing experience. We went out to around 40 km and found 5 or 6 trawlers; we stayed with them all day, with thousands of seabirds feeding as nets were raised.</div>
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Take-off!! Some Pintados</div>
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White-chinned Petrel<br />
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Pintado Petrel<br />
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Pintado Petrel</div>
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Antarctic Prion (desolata)<br />
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Antarctic Prion (desolata)<br />
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Feeding frenzy as trawler nets are raised<br />
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Shy Albert<br />
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Subantarctic (Brown) Skua<br />
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Subantarctic (Brown) Skua<br />
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Here is a selection of my more atmospheric shots<br />
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Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-10397149985101580442013-02-01T02:20:00.000-08:002013-02-03T23:12:42.730-08:00Lighter shades of pale: Some adult Kumlien's Gulls from Newfoundland (Jan. 2013) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I spent a great week at St John's, Newfoundland in late January. Many thanks to Peter Adriaens, Jan Baert and Bruce Mactavish for great company on the trip and many stimulating discussions - I learnt a lot. Here is a scence from Pier 17 in the main harbour area. Kumlien's heaven.<br />
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Time was spend between 2 or 3 main areas, photographing gulls. Above and below is an adult Kumlien's at Quidi Vidi lake.<br />
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A fair amount is now known amount Kumlien's, although much remains to be determined. A key paper on adults is that of Howell and Mactavish (2003; <em>Alula</em> 9, 2-15). Much information was also recently put on the Gull Research Organisation (ORG) web site - for many images and info on primary patterns and eye pigmentation, see <a href="http://gull-research.org/glaucoides/pdf/primpatterns.html">http://gull-research.org/glaucoides/pdf/primpatterns.html</a>. So, there is no point in repeating information here. All I have done in this post is to pull out some examples of a few extreme adult birds seen on the trip.<br />
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A pale bird, both in terms of grey tones and the apparent absence of any dark pigmentation in the primaries. (Tempting to think about birds with paler upperparts as glaucoides, but see final images in this post). <br />
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A bird with just a touch of ash grey on the outer web of the outer primary, ' b' in Fig 2 of Howell and Mactavish <br />
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Dark on the outer web of 3 primaries (b or c in Howell and Mactavish)</div>
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..and more again...but notice that the tone is still just dark ash grey<br />
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OK, now we are getting interesting.....The same bird is shown on the water and in the wing close-up above. An example of a dark bird, close to black on several feathers and the dark is very extensive. But notice that P10 has only an isolated dark spot within the white tip, and the mirror on P9 reaches the outer web; these features help seperate such birds from Thayer's.</div>
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This is a very dark bird, the darkest we saw and getting close to Thayer's (e.g. vert dark slaty-black tone, full black band across the tip of P10 and dark on both webs of P5). On P9 we would like a Thayer's to have a complete dark outer web but on this bird the mirror extends across the outer web and so reaches the cutting edge of the feather....that said, to complicate matters( on the image below showing its right wing), it is clear that the pattern is different...! </div>
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Here on the right wing it has more black on P9 but less on P10 than on the left wing!</div>
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This is the bird standing. The Thayer's ish impression was enhanced by the solidly dark eye, but the structure was no different to the accompanying Kumlien's. A great bird to see.</div>
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And at the other end of the spectrum, a bird to show that individuals with paler grey upperparts do not always have unmarked primaries. </div>
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As can be seen, the primary pattern is closest to b rather than a ( a has no dark pigmentation in any primaries). </div>
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Just been sorting out images for a talk that I'm giving and was reminded of this bird that I saw a few years ago. A great bird, but I have always wondered about the wings-open pose: has anyone come across this behaviour before in this species?
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These images are all from a trip to Azerbaijan in June/July 2012. From a birding perspective, Azerbaijan is an incredibly interesting country, because of a mixture of some spectacular birds and a number of eastern taxa that occur (or potentially occur) in Britain as vagrants. Pictured above is a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater - one of the spectacular birds. </div>
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Eastern Black Redstart<br />
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Adult and juvenile Snow Finch<br />
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Juvenile Snow Finch<br />
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Adult Snow Finch<br />
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Eastern Nightingale <em>golzii</em><br />
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An interesting (grey-headed) female red-backed Shrike<br />
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An intersting male Red-backed Shrike - note the white in the base of the primaries<br />
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Juvenile <em>samamisicus</em> Redstart<br />
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An adult female. Adult birds were very worn during the visit in June/July.<br />
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And and adult male - the silvery wing panel is very evident on this individual.<br />
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White Wagtail. The taxon that occurs in Azerbaijan has extensively white greater coverts<br />
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Lesser Kestrel<br />
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Blue-checked Bee-eaters<br />
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Rufous Bush Robin<br />
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A male <em>samamisicus</em> - note the reduced wing panel on this individual, related to wear<br />
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Calandra Larks<br />
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Calandra Lark<br />
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Rock Bunting<br />
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Rock Thrush (male)<br />
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Rock Thrish (Juv)<br />
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Shore Lark<br />
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Common Rosefinch<br />
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Rose-coloured Starlings<br />
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An adult<br />
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Hannu Koskinen, Visa Rauste and myself visited Azerbaijan this summer (21 June-4 July) the study its breeding gulls. We were extremely fortunate and managed to obtain lots of material on the gulls, notably visiting Baku landfill site and a breeding island in the Caspian that contained more than 1000 breeding pairs. I have not had time to do any analysis of this material, but thought it worthwhile to post some examples on the blog of the birds we were seeing. As far as I can establish, very little material exists (is available/published) showing what these eastern Caspians look like, so I hope that the pictures posted here form a useful resource. I've highlighted below, in one or two images, things of specific interest. Unless stated otherwise, each photo shows a different individual. All these images were from Baku landfill site.<br />
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A classic Caspian Gull pattern, similar/identical to many western <em>ponticus</em></div>
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Note the length, shape and colour of the P10 tongue, compared to others highlighted below (and relative to the ponticus birds we see in Europe)<br />
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Slightly longer tongue than the bird highlighted above, but similar smooth shape<br />
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Note serrated and almost diffuse edge to p10 tongue<br />
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A different, jagged-edged tongue.</div>
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An intermediate/short tongue, with the length of the white tip shorter than the length of the black band. Tongue distincly grey, rather than pure white. <br />
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Very bright bare parts and a rather pale eye.P10 typical Caspian.<br />
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Scary short P10 tongue</div>
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Above are a couple of birds with extensive black across the tip of P10 . <br />
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A bird with a thayeri pattern on P9 and 10. That such birds exist in the east is notable.</div>
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The same individual is shown in the above 2 images<br />
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Rather a lot of black in the wingtip - note extensive black in tip of P10, small P9 mirror and black to P4.<br />
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Rather robust bill and short P10 tongue<br />
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Limted inward extension of black in the primaries.<br />
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Now for some examples of more problematic birds. This bird has rather a lot of black in the outer two primaries, and looked a fraction darker grey in the field. Steppe Gull (<em>barabensis</em>) should not be in Azerbaijan in summer; to my eye (in field views) it was not dark enough for <em>barabensis</em> but tricky to judge this in the bright, sunny conditions. Of course much remains to be determined and it may be that <em>barabensis </em>is breeding in this area; we had a few 2 cy birds that appeared to be this taxon.. <br />
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Same bird is shown above and below. Rather bright bare parts and a pale eye, and a distinctly grey P10 tongue. Ive seen <em>michahellis</em> in Romania like this (e.g. the final image below). We had another bird that was even more like Yellow-legged Gull; this bird will be featured elsewhere so I've not posted it here.<br />
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Yellow-legged Gull, Mamaia, Romani (January) This primary pattern is very like some birds seen in Azerbaijan. Food for thought. </div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-84702745396986790002012-06-03T22:21:00.000-07:002012-06-03T22:22:42.791-07:00First-summer Yellow-legged Gulls, plus other things, Spain, May 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had 10 days working in Spain (18-28 May) so took the chance to visit the Ebro Delta and have a look at some <em>michahellis</em>. I was especially interested in the 2cy birds - a selection of which is shown here. All were photographed at Sant Carles de la Rapita, on the Southern shore of the delta.</div>
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The image above and the three below are all of the same individual. Variability in 2 cy birds at this time of year is bewildering, but all very different to how our British Herring Gulls are looking right now.</div>
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As I was working in Lleida I took the chance to visit the city dump - a great place for black kites<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLbnO6KUpaP1hFokbG_i8djFRlq_wRAkr0r4GlsAaMBQPpjNxOIZRFoZAUpkFUCOKS_5XGcINkur4-2thDkcAj_4HtPXpp9I4BExmI1rH5cuS1u1h4rnYRJwGC4d0E0dklZ4QtOlXBo7X/s1600/web829K0372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLbnO6KUpaP1hFokbG_i8djFRlq_wRAkr0r4GlsAaMBQPpjNxOIZRFoZAUpkFUCOKS_5XGcINkur4-2thDkcAj_4HtPXpp9I4BExmI1rH5cuS1u1h4rnYRJwGC4d0E0dklZ4QtOlXBo7X/s320/web829K0372.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-52308284218499269312012-04-15T22:58:00.004-07:002012-04-15T23:05:08.241-07:00King Eider, Ythan Estuary.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqv2EgqbDB3nO35r1BA_gOEs-7emKH7i8X7eJYCe1d4Q5B4vvoYKTUe26G4pHJ5S0MpGjI7avudqJtUOKDhtkx2aFn1e8kG0u5suTqFrmRpIjmk15VFnNEylS5uMpTvcRZStle8Nflk56/s1600/webFS7E2510.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731875163980236450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqv2EgqbDB3nO35r1BA_gOEs-7emKH7i8X7eJYCe1d4Q5B4vvoYKTUe26G4pHJ5S0MpGjI7avudqJtUOKDhtkx2aFn1e8kG0u5suTqFrmRpIjmk15VFnNEylS5uMpTvcRZStle8Nflk56/s400/webFS7E2510.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZB8xPneRau1M9EW4eBnvIZhhLu6Sn8tIbP-SLsOuopSQJMJSR8-d9GFf992FNweM8fgoyTH7DvUQuR_HWMGGeWZGtOARgcWqkhMltE124IdJZBlvkiM_xjls20lYiujj2IMh0O6ggAHA/s1600/webFS7E2479.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 269px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731875159810631266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZB8xPneRau1M9EW4eBnvIZhhLu6Sn8tIbP-SLsOuopSQJMJSR8-d9GFf992FNweM8fgoyTH7DvUQuR_HWMGGeWZGtOARgcWqkhMltE124IdJZBlvkiM_xjls20lYiujj2IMh0O6ggAHA/s400/webFS7E2479.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGmna9Gjqa0-nuc0FynRtq60fK6CccKY9ek4NaxCECSv0kKwJMYmPjIsQlOagUVJwPLOtq4LXaJAmrjzrDk2g5AYKQ5ElKt28qAbZUDdzQlL4e1YNAt9xuwaAKf8LR4eZu31QubFIjh0c/s1600/webFS7E2507.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 329px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731875145657459586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGmna9Gjqa0-nuc0FynRtq60fK6CccKY9ek4NaxCECSv0kKwJMYmPjIsQlOagUVJwPLOtq4LXaJAmrjzrDk2g5AYKQ5ElKt28qAbZUDdzQlL4e1YNAt9xuwaAKf8LR4eZu31QubFIjh0c/s400/webFS7E2507.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNmwclaZ0ChwFgZbdAwjHIty-D7v5VUhdv-O3eGQ-4PHeZ8MwC86tzZH1HzK-BqN_TKzJx9OgBHhYNcuhSe6ZyOccoYRI32kaR3ksiPab0sZnwnw1PyEbAqwyq9-eZbtkG-zztjnn9U1J/s1600/webFS7E2490.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 276px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731875142781375010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNmwclaZ0ChwFgZbdAwjHIty-D7v5VUhdv-O3eGQ-4PHeZ8MwC86tzZH1HzK-BqN_TKzJx9OgBHhYNcuhSe6ZyOccoYRI32kaR3ksiPab0sZnwnw1PyEbAqwyq9-eZbtkG-zztjnn9U1J/s400/webFS7E2490.jpg" /></a> These images are all from 14 April.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-37858168598062813912012-03-18T23:03:00.005-07:002012-03-18T23:13:10.727-07:00Iceland and Glaucous Gulls, Peterhead<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BSgj-hGx66INi6_yselJSAemUCgObGQ4p7n3t7RdPVTb-bX5Msn7MYhH5eMxANJy05tUGBhJDo1jRjxPb3-L8YgyJmgZe3_dNQwHkcHEiJnlb5mbQQj7jPq6lPihBq7bUawXsA5w3tdW/s1600/webFS7E2138.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 324px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485899667355586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BSgj-hGx66INi6_yselJSAemUCgObGQ4p7n3t7RdPVTb-bX5Msn7MYhH5eMxANJy05tUGBhJDo1jRjxPb3-L8YgyJmgZe3_dNQwHkcHEiJnlb5mbQQj7jPq6lPihBq7bUawXsA5w3tdW/s400/webFS7E2138.jpg" /></a> Still around 10 white winged gulls present at Peterhead yesterday (Sunday 18 March). This post shows a selection of the birds.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3ya3cmzwxb30ud27W2-hVmpRQmu4qUh2W1ieZpBuXYBAN7nxYCjy5V2oabBUmM0pLXfoD3ku-UJsZaHC9xFkfz4WwgbbEtlRFV2RLOPmvtCjkgM6eEALiW0bc5ZGy-V2zLkC_W0EKRk5/s1600/webFS7E1960.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485894310575890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3ya3cmzwxb30ud27W2-hVmpRQmu4qUh2W1ieZpBuXYBAN7nxYCjy5V2oabBUmM0pLXfoD3ku-UJsZaHC9xFkfz4WwgbbEtlRFV2RLOPmvtCjkgM6eEALiW0bc5ZGy-V2zLkC_W0EKRk5/s400/webFS7E1960.jpg" /></a> First (above) and second (below) winter Glaucous have both been around for several weeks<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8Z4_T3qOqJRqdN_qEjd8BCiHDA-EPDz7f0YnFNyoVU5kLV9aDdC_qdHvMQRNLdZbTVW0r_23vCYXnjhowmhe5ZbNfVNUHaIaIzeqq4HPeDF3gxRUBlRxMaxR-mSTt9C9SxfUuiTafN4f/s1600/webFS7E1031.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485672827476722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8Z4_T3qOqJRqdN_qEjd8BCiHDA-EPDz7f0YnFNyoVU5kLV9aDdC_qdHvMQRNLdZbTVW0r_23vCYXnjhowmhe5ZbNfVNUHaIaIzeqq4HPeDF3gxRUBlRxMaxR-mSTt9C9SxfUuiTafN4f/s400/webFS7E1031.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFAP9ueRKe9wfy1r3dS3r08JgJDMyOl6R-JzAqRIm2I9kQBgwLCZnhyGgKT69lfI7kEpx8ZT6SVETRrHGu_Y7E7dfa3cyl4_pSP-IYPGas7VLO59U8hGbj_jcGJuH0VnO1yn8PWeBDKoX/s1600/webFS7E1040.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 244px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485664610363826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFAP9ueRKe9wfy1r3dS3r08JgJDMyOl6R-JzAqRIm2I9kQBgwLCZnhyGgKT69lfI7kEpx8ZT6SVETRrHGu_Y7E7dfa3cyl4_pSP-IYPGas7VLO59U8hGbj_jcGJuH0VnO1yn8PWeBDKoX/s400/webFS7E1040.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkbHyGtJUXl6qmq0TPMU9BJQtJIfXq-qvvqMTZ8HjmQuavEqdgO3Kj_qeN06T661f96rZXWhVtugzRT5nrM8X5Z20bLg6RaamX9c4YScgq1CVN_fyoc4NYGOCajqvVtLwBDSvZ-sEyM1f/s1600/webFS7E1253.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 313px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485649450103474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkbHyGtJUXl6qmq0TPMU9BJQtJIfXq-qvvqMTZ8HjmQuavEqdgO3Kj_qeN06T661f96rZXWhVtugzRT5nrM8X5Z20bLg6RaamX9c4YScgq1CVN_fyoc4NYGOCajqvVtLwBDSvZ-sEyM1f/s400/webFS7E1253.jpg" /></a> The first winter bird<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcWuhai40qGpP017h9hXjat6Yjyy7DWMo6citO6C0rt_h1Yp1fw30dlie6pS05t7viRCtXO0jKI7ZROwuvdSXJJ1BZiYFPMciGAOHxzi3SGujBjK7QQxTd11Dw3a8wuwCajSuEEr68wXq/s1600/webFS7E1246.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 355px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485638088115122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcWuhai40qGpP017h9hXjat6Yjyy7DWMo6citO6C0rt_h1Yp1fw30dlie6pS05t7viRCtXO0jKI7ZROwuvdSXJJ1BZiYFPMciGAOHxzi3SGujBjK7QQxTd11Dw3a8wuwCajSuEEr68wXq/s400/webFS7E1246.jpg" /></a> First winter Glaucous<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIsl0Nn5hTdU9DhrhA5Rftddr2aHDRsPykAgtgHAc9lcAnXfUoMNfZTtAiIBnWpK74TjQ-OYGUD39KORDWDwJp41wyN8sWxgorY2MAZGpDpIwEhZ5a6wVK4NjRJ03-k7AFiO87WzB2w13/s1600/webFS7E1944.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 372px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485620113671554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIsl0Nn5hTdU9DhrhA5Rftddr2aHDRsPykAgtgHAc9lcAnXfUoMNfZTtAiIBnWpK74TjQ-OYGUD39KORDWDwJp41wyN8sWxgorY2MAZGpDpIwEhZ5a6wVK4NjRJ03-k7AFiO87WzB2w13/s400/webFS7E1944.jpg" /></a> Iceland Gull: here are a few of the birds present at the weekend.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BcfrvOc3N98qDKX5OUn8OwmEWi0GV00xFUZurbTkMY3l1I_RgPKzDuq2xZWKVXBasRHmjiXr3GroZnOH2p7bIZi-VF31yYzss7IsfpJWWxeCvPJGIHMo-kQlCcOdPzAxzmiWS5v9elJu/s1600/webFS7E1299.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 262px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485334732553618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BcfrvOc3N98qDKX5OUn8OwmEWi0GV00xFUZurbTkMY3l1I_RgPKzDuq2xZWKVXBasRHmjiXr3GroZnOH2p7bIZi-VF31yYzss7IsfpJWWxeCvPJGIHMo-kQlCcOdPzAxzmiWS5v9elJu/s400/webFS7E1299.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv7XyYzxoba10xCvXgK6DG8sXxbbHi7Q0KXAIChuoWyMy1QYL1VfaMemSwGwZh6QGjOV_YN_pN8pEEmTJ9msILOrwL676b53c1ZV0TCWdXVWXxpbfxMyguK-n1tOt67vM1sdSiPSDL6Zo/s1600/webFS7E1570.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485326481420610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv7XyYzxoba10xCvXgK6DG8sXxbbHi7Q0KXAIChuoWyMy1QYL1VfaMemSwGwZh6QGjOV_YN_pN8pEEmTJ9msILOrwL676b53c1ZV0TCWdXVWXxpbfxMyguK-n1tOt67vM1sdSiPSDL6Zo/s400/webFS7E1570.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7A_iKaFmbJS6RzgpXkXEYV-lt8_P-eCtwLVrXes7ChdfoMcu9PRbXyxAOYOXBnMNdh5rNxL-1hF6qW34xVv7Z0saDdcTs3xEi7LQgvMEKdWQeu_JxH4D2fqbg3nIWTfFBOlcZMkrCaF8G/s1600/weFS7E1840.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 380px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485323398646386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7A_iKaFmbJS6RzgpXkXEYV-lt8_P-eCtwLVrXes7ChdfoMcu9PRbXyxAOYOXBnMNdh5rNxL-1hF6qW34xVv7Z0saDdcTs3xEi7LQgvMEKdWQeu_JxH4D2fqbg3nIWTfFBOlcZMkrCaF8G/s400/weFS7E1840.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxB9aCsvJeufdt7Ai2OGtKcpCdwM1gw2_JNE8obywEXzGPLloiDtW785ibG9Hd-s5PCNfh_Yq23F6oEv_FchckGkKMJiGA9QD3l2OM7Z5osu1PR_pfC3gx4bnY6hLCSIDStySH_JND67TZ/s1600/webFS7E2075.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 389px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485310556561810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxB9aCsvJeufdt7Ai2OGtKcpCdwM1gw2_JNE8obywEXzGPLloiDtW785ibG9Hd-s5PCNfh_Yq23F6oEv_FchckGkKMJiGA9QD3l2OM7Z5osu1PR_pfC3gx4bnY6hLCSIDStySH_JND67TZ/s400/webFS7E2075.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiqht8PnCBgJfK4luMGcOw0kljshHMfShzSfN8j73sMCgYKgjdU3Fy3q4d2msU_hP3cq0abODd0KAcBqnWcyMombNr8GnGsgc-TIGviYyOLeqEgk5A-lxUUKdSIcIuFtH-PgPGosiuY0fi/s1600/webFS7E2117.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 396px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721485301608980034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiqht8PnCBgJfK4luMGcOw0kljshHMfShzSfN8j73sMCgYKgjdU3Fy3q4d2msU_hP3cq0abODd0KAcBqnWcyMombNr8GnGsgc-TIGviYyOLeqEgk5A-lxUUKdSIcIuFtH-PgPGosiuY0fi/s400/webFS7E2117.jpg" /></a> <br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-16641943244994319192012-03-05T22:39:00.013-08:002012-03-15T23:42:25.564-07:00A Russian Common Gull (heinei)?Keep your eye on the red dot....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WfmZufjfmQSeI_MWDxr7vrHWV3SBoD-UvJTHaNiGvv4J5_VlSkyrddhORAOH_bhb1zaOC7bg-MKPkZGUB3Bx4z5nXx0sEBBfcQD4vXbz9rBSuRshFi5AIG9USGi5fWLaPtvfQetmTGHj/s1600/abzPCA+ppt.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720026058645641474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WfmZufjfmQSeI_MWDxr7vrHWV3SBoD-UvJTHaNiGvv4J5_VlSkyrddhORAOH_bhb1zaOC7bg-MKPkZGUB3Bx4z5nXx0sEBBfcQD4vXbz9rBSuRshFi5AIG9USGi5fWLaPtvfQetmTGHj/s400/abzPCA+ppt.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUr87-nK4oTstWoNwdG3RoGMMInIpPq5IG0Lck2_1EHzXpzkb1S8OsnsI6yqjZMWh9xQXR4vY8iimZ5B97pkF4ASzkIc2eJghROTTtesVg4u1EzDSM7_BcCtzx_GEcsXqu9VxnBsNkd20/s1600/webFS7E0007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 321px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720022570403743458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUr87-nK4oTstWoNwdG3RoGMMInIpPq5IG0Lck2_1EHzXpzkb1S8OsnsI6yqjZMWh9xQXR4vY8iimZ5B97pkF4ASzkIc2eJghROTTtesVg4u1EzDSM7_BcCtzx_GEcsXqu9VxnBsNkd20/s400/webFS7E0007.jpg" /></a>Here is a Common Gull that I saw briefly (very frustrating) at Peterhead on 26 February. I've been playing around with criteria to identify <em>heinei</em> Common Gull and it turns out that this bird is a perfect match. Here are the images; some text and analysis follow...<br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAClaZznmCDUIwvEw70o1g4JGVLDUvOTSAmpwz5amXuzx1xEKQSiuDzUq-OAuiqas6aA-5BfvU_cTGbXfzshVSnrD27-ZiWNEztUdkfEX1h4BfF7s2J7LoeCJX9XbXwMGxomBFPQmFfT1/s1600/webFS7E0011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720022561195447874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAClaZznmCDUIwvEw70o1g4JGVLDUvOTSAmpwz5amXuzx1xEKQSiuDzUq-OAuiqas6aA-5BfvU_cTGbXfzshVSnrD27-ZiWNEztUdkfEX1h4BfF7s2J7LoeCJX9XbXwMGxomBFPQmFfT1/s400/webFS7E0011.jpg" /></a> It is the left hand bird in these two flight pics.<br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFcGVGy0bba4xaiAve1ExA95EPA5HW5ea7crkFiAsPihG4zMduGL_FRuwXsMoV0fkoIzeEkgL4Twma3eP8eKN-NBZNLRW_1C-7wsXO2GI1BU89OG7nmrziAhgwpWewjRNqU6NqMJ4NYXB/s1600/webFS7E0008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720022558101736210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFcGVGy0bba4xaiAve1ExA95EPA5HW5ea7crkFiAsPihG4zMduGL_FRuwXsMoV0fkoIzeEkgL4Twma3eP8eKN-NBZNLRW_1C-7wsXO2GI1BU89OG7nmrziAhgwpWewjRNqU6NqMJ4NYXB/s400/webFS7E0008.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><br /><div>It was picked up as being distinctly darker than the <em>canus</em> and lacking their blue tone. Details in the wingtip are key. Note: (i) the deep black band on primary 5 (<em>canus</em> normally has a thin, uneven or broken band, or black only on one web), (ii) black extending all the way to the primary coverts on P8 (<em>canus</em> only 50-75 % of the way), (iii) extensive black on P7 (more than 80% of the way to the primary coverts; <em>canus</em> mostly less than 50%) and (iv) a long black 'bayonet' on the outer web of P6 extending for approx 65 % of the way to the primary coverts (maximum in my <em>canus</em> sample is 53%, with most having black only 20-40%). The overall result of these details is a wing tip that has a lot more black and less white than <em>canus</em>. All of these features evident on the Peterhead bird perfectly match <em>heinei,</em> as far as I can establish.<br /></div><br /><br /><div>Can we be sure? Well, I characterised a sample of 55 birds using 8 wing tip traits and analysed them using PCA. The diagram at the top of this post is the result. The Peterhead bird is the red dot: it falls outwith the area occupied by <em>canus</em> and smack within the space occupied by <em>heinei</em>. This is fairly strong evidence, based on multiple traits analysed simultaneously, that this bird better fits Russian Common Gull <em>L. canus heinei</em> than nominate <em>canus</em>. Food for thought...</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4autiWl-ppDN73sXYKg6SSIU2-9m9V5P2sOeatXFf1ghU3OCzXaQOi3JBy1Cg4Il6OFpDXG5UletzOZE_tWl6w0GRsRAqGFBvA2dXT2MzQvrwnYqU4x1H0v_XSDMoW5B5vbYooutQ8OE9/s1600/webFS7E0011.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-4382943414096872662012-02-26T23:12:00.014-08:002012-02-27T03:55:30.994-08:00A' Type 1' sailed eider and an extremely dark 'Iceland' Gull<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhP0yvn8OnI6yk1dPFvZ28DCyve8Gs8-ddEv2pMWrV9UJVUato3tyQ5i47QXPBTJmQXgX_Y9WVf7pWDWKdqWRkjA5fFub1IAYak0rc4_y2w35qGlUudxI3nrSBbm5XgfEFafOAokKqfzUz/s1600/for+blog.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2s0V4cmlc3Y8tvSfLWkwkswHQGGmSkqCR0wvqh72Bzh7ZlpW5eIk9nYHhOHAfGTBajF5OkIQXDpTZeewr53rmcMgzlbyMP-_WHtZXNEvSn-ON-Twc50e_n-O05CVJ0Ng9crDA1-PMI_b/s1600/webFS7E0722.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713711158874931154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2s0V4cmlc3Y8tvSfLWkwkswHQGGmSkqCR0wvqh72Bzh7ZlpW5eIk9nYHhOHAfGTBajF5OkIQXDpTZeewr53rmcMgzlbyMP-_WHtZXNEvSn-ON-Twc50e_n-O05CVJ0Ng9crDA1-PMI_b/s400/webFS7E0722.jpg" /></a> Sailed eider from yesterday! What an absolute stunner. This is what we are currently referring to as a 'type 1' sailed eider (combining large pointed sails with an orangy bill). </div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z02fk4Tw4ydvCnnGcrP0tU1m7YFHx0aSN_81_DDXkPWqe1OFE4qhY2qzY13lewgeFK9UrACM5y6bru58nSO3g2Nnl9EAiiyWDMQYU4fncZ8Uy8aHhtXm2qqd5aFpCQ0EKL5UUm4H9xQ8/s1600/webFS7E0709.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 330px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713710917587938178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z02fk4Tw4ydvCnnGcrP0tU1m7YFHx0aSN_81_DDXkPWqe1OFE4qhY2qzY13lewgeFK9UrACM5y6bru58nSO3g2Nnl9EAiiyWDMQYU4fncZ8Uy8aHhtXm2qqd5aFpCQ0EKL5UUm4H9xQ8/s400/webFS7E0709.jpg" /></a> Displaying.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEW1kkh6ELAn3dXxfM0tcx5Py2gT9jm0p00Sw2hkMxNl2p6EmouOgp-KlzHUvtCnTJ2rklj6xVsJOcnwLYy2Kgn4-5WyMeC8uL6duGiyVpZQVlD6qemzDKp9rXQXX_wXY_XE33XK2Y8W2Q/s1600/webFS7E0705.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 385px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713710911851989666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEW1kkh6ELAn3dXxfM0tcx5Py2gT9jm0p00Sw2hkMxNl2p6EmouOgp-KlzHUvtCnTJ2rklj6xVsJOcnwLYy2Kgn4-5WyMeC8uL6duGiyVpZQVlD6qemzDKp9rXQXX_wXY_XE33XK2Y8W2Q/s400/webFS7E0705.jpg" /></a> In comparison with <em>molissima </em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxzDaUAGzwfCIXmEmwKdPljc5Cc1AaPQfhO_YsHcBWRxc2yE59FDbK-4GgjKUAb7Gt3QbFppWJQ8b6_i0sjdnEcCPHTfqLwSGaum26GbrUGvdAZ2UW-yNDl10jbKe1brPqIynb-F14R9s/s1600/webFS7E9961.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 372px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713710558697706178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxzDaUAGzwfCIXmEmwKdPljc5Cc1AaPQfhO_YsHcBWRxc2yE59FDbK-4GgjKUAb7Gt3QbFppWJQ8b6_i0sjdnEcCPHTfqLwSGaum26GbrUGvdAZ2UW-yNDl10jbKe1brPqIynb-F14R9s/s400/webFS7E9961.jpg" /></a>Another fascinating bird from Peterhead yesterday. Although it has dark outer webs to the primaries (i.e. just like a Kumliens), this pattern extends inwards all the way to P1 and is actually a touch stronger on the inner than the outer feathers. The problem is working out whether the outer feathers are faded more than the inner ones (which you would expect, given how wings fold) and hence whether it would have shown the full kumlien's pattern when fresh (outer prims with darker outer webs then the inner primaries) . No doubt many Kums in NF are looking like this at the moment. What a great bird to puzzle through. Maybe I'm too critical and conservative? Comments welcome!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfIPdeO5mRLHlPJ7AB99E_vvwLPa7edPxNk-HleuEy2F5yxWQKboUFIfbzZYlA-_MUzLQpgPMqUYKfFD3zRJOencH8HXFzLAU_3-9JBqjptcQU2eiHs-jdMagZ7lRldbtQYlk_Xc-xcbw/s1600/webFS7E0276.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 229px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713710553627609506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfIPdeO5mRLHlPJ7AB99E_vvwLPa7edPxNk-HleuEy2F5yxWQKboUFIfbzZYlA-_MUzLQpgPMqUYKfFD3zRJOencH8HXFzLAU_3-9JBqjptcQU2eiHs-jdMagZ7lRldbtQYlk_Xc-xcbw/s400/webFS7E0276.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhi-TYy-M_-Y6XyYW22oJskFhIQ0nxcaOf87z_ym8PS1Izoz23JyKjkTiHgOGPaGnW-bA3fKj3Sfs3q7wHppO21STK250x28rqVzjHxYNughlWIvzt4APEdBV-DfZ7Q_wwWfzanbVDwip/s1600/webFS7E0279.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713710546637439442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhi-TYy-M_-Y6XyYW22oJskFhIQ0nxcaOf87z_ym8PS1Izoz23JyKjkTiHgOGPaGnW-bA3fKj3Sfs3q7wHppO21STK250x28rqVzjHxYNughlWIvzt4APEdBV-DfZ7Q_wwWfzanbVDwip/s400/webFS7E0279.jpg" /></a> A close up of its primaries - how did we cope before digital cameras!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-15832457225325415402012-02-21T07:04:00.005-08:002012-02-21T07:21:21.800-08:0011th International Gull Meeting, Zagreb<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_VMY83NNN3S46bHBgk28TyC-UyOqfTEtNaR-R6JcaGC9q7yPN-vlUT8xFxDlkMQJnF7A2LtPyy6kjlBlYCgFcPm3FFA7BJc-6vnfTyJQIX1SZNTj6_sD2MCzciDGz3vBvS95vLgdfAtw/s1600/webP1000997.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 175px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711606083751403378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_VMY83NNN3S46bHBgk28TyC-UyOqfTEtNaR-R6JcaGC9q7yPN-vlUT8xFxDlkMQJnF7A2LtPyy6kjlBlYCgFcPm3FFA7BJc-6vnfTyJQIX1SZNTj6_sD2MCzciDGz3vBvS95vLgdfAtw/s400/webP1000997.jpg" /></a> Many many thanks to Luka Jurinovic and his team for organising what was a highly succesful IGM. The talks were most enlightening, the rubbush dump was full of gulls, the delegates were a great bunch of enthusiastic, knowledgeable and helpful people, and the food was superb; thanks Luka. Here we all are (above) on Zagreb dump.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAeaJ04ia9pHOVWJwKP4zhXKrfzkSjLwtP_4M0yVzOmYOfLu5euEzNBkOjpcDKeCz4-NiK_IXePsLtyRtp2E3h926hP6s_JSJyThIWARZAsz8nTKJAfxk8KPA3dnOxxYX1OWrtTy3__Zb/s1600/webP1000881.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 331px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711605983869931170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAeaJ04ia9pHOVWJwKP4zhXKrfzkSjLwtP_4M0yVzOmYOfLu5euEzNBkOjpcDKeCz4-NiK_IXePsLtyRtp2E3h926hP6s_JSJyThIWARZAsz8nTKJAfxk8KPA3dnOxxYX1OWrtTy3__Zb/s400/webP1000881.jpg" /></a> Caspians of all ages were present - here are some examples<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL_ZU1TPIvOGcZzJ4Qr0KEXvhn1suXR1VSk1A7Q_UewEgcvmVnjKEzKv8pXmFSEO6t-Dysxz6HczFCj3qjKyLaKd0UKVMnQUSfsA3aLw1GaMKjj9lcRHApp2ZDFUTkEmD1xsWoeH5imqu/s1600/webP1000879.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 348px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711605966245596034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL_ZU1TPIvOGcZzJ4Qr0KEXvhn1suXR1VSk1A7Q_UewEgcvmVnjKEzKv8pXmFSEO6t-Dysxz6HczFCj3qjKyLaKd0UKVMnQUSfsA3aLw1GaMKjj9lcRHApp2ZDFUTkEmD1xsWoeH5imqu/s400/webP1000879.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcX1HUrbBKMn1nHQpcU8ZPgtstopXXFeb2vfekakMOOe8sys_6TLIG1tJHicc3yzaNMrgy3KCmZhvG3h9dUoT2DgW4o5hN_Micl_5Rca6_vWiAmPv5-K5-J4KeIWtVF8scHMvTyEZxq3XR/s1600/webP1000959.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 283px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711605937736360290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcX1HUrbBKMn1nHQpcU8ZPgtstopXXFeb2vfekakMOOe8sys_6TLIG1tJHicc3yzaNMrgy3KCmZhvG3h9dUoT2DgW4o5hN_Micl_5Rca6_vWiAmPv5-K5-J4KeIWtVF8scHMvTyEZxq3XR/s400/webP1000959.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTY7cphAT1HLtHB_ILpJpp6tm6Sd5A-nRyRmIdWEtWB6cio1FHufhMiHUc4TMhmS0EaS3MG8AlJOvXPkFewB2DQy-IY7WX_GHiU-2jhqhMf1_QcVqhQuWe4dtK_59q7ZuDjq7r43cNYsYH/s1600/webP1000999.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711605917412930754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTY7cphAT1HLtHB_ILpJpp6tm6Sd5A-nRyRmIdWEtWB6cio1FHufhMiHUc4TMhmS0EaS3MG8AlJOvXPkFewB2DQy-IY7WX_GHiU-2jhqhMf1_QcVqhQuWe4dtK_59q7ZuDjq7r43cNYsYH/s400/webP1000999.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVlv5g0w8yh4X8YsC-DqBPbxymA67b_b5xqImmDZbR4vtDjTVujrRut8qdK4v4JsZMtXHBRjpquxcsvXz4eCnEahhyf-zRpcXroHDOqWmRRMqXrxU20IKOfiqGuKcs9Qz6TEPnQRagSr5/s1600/webP1010031.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 347px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711605909495258946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVlv5g0w8yh4X8YsC-DqBPbxymA67b_b5xqImmDZbR4vtDjTVujrRut8qdK4v4JsZMtXHBRjpquxcsvXz4eCnEahhyf-zRpcXroHDOqWmRRMqXrxU20IKOfiqGuKcs9Qz6TEPnQRagSr5/s400/webP1010031.jpg" /></a> For the ringers, there was an opportunity to catch some great birds....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCkjbDv_E_eU2AHXNjFshP1l3g-4E0TB7QNxqujqixMeO23NlLDGCNbB-kZ0C4IYEHDdlb3bbG9k-BCYR9ZezPDHdEK0WKS8B6kR_JuI3gxJj83-EFysr519lwXuAEABe0meqyW7KJ4oy/s1600/webP1010032.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711605542028139970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCkjbDv_E_eU2AHXNjFshP1l3g-4E0TB7QNxqujqixMeO23NlLDGCNbB-kZ0C4IYEHDdlb3bbG9k-BCYR9ZezPDHdEK0WKS8B6kR_JuI3gxJj83-EFysr519lwXuAEABe0meqyW7KJ4oy/s400/webP1010032.jpg" /></a> <em>michahellis</em>...mmm....seems to be....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHpE1Zu4e6vW37CNNsj2uyCCFF6zcmc1E0eXqboTI1rbhdJ7uWWCTHTx9lY92NT1o8dXvhawjA47OZsvcu9LI8qKeoizNDCANU-yHxtX3jcJ4jLEw1-W_mqfSI1eD9LkqcHQj771soP17/s1600/webP1010041.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711605536171602242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHpE1Zu4e6vW37CNNsj2uyCCFF6zcmc1E0eXqboTI1rbhdJ7uWWCTHTx9lY92NT1o8dXvhawjA47OZsvcu9LI8qKeoizNDCANU-yHxtX3jcJ4jLEw1-W_mqfSI1eD9LkqcHQj771soP17/s400/webP1010041.jpg" /></a> .....but look at this P10 tip and tongue...more on such birds later..... <br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-36064002655999547122012-02-12T22:18:00.006-08:002012-02-13T01:03:04.955-08:00Iceland Gulls and a dark Herring<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHcNPUekVbzyr4T03PNOtiQ2g29yBxMItqs7VeL4Y70rBejl8PbWODuSt4biqKdqZkCbcAVXWlqjDkY_aXS4OUtIJaFC-z1j2GvTAA5RoqQYuRfgCWtoUYMT83NhdABi1gBYpA90LbeOE/s1600/webFS7E9643.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708502041537706290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHcNPUekVbzyr4T03PNOtiQ2g29yBxMItqs7VeL4Y70rBejl8PbWODuSt4biqKdqZkCbcAVXWlqjDkY_aXS4OUtIJaFC-z1j2GvTAA5RoqQYuRfgCWtoUYMT83NhdABi1gBYpA90LbeOE/s400/webFS7E9643.jpg" /></a> All these birds are from Peterhead at the weekend. Above is a dark bodied Herring Gull; dark bodied birds are not uncommon, but this bird is not only dark, but the dark tones are rather velvety, giving it a 'Neararctic feel', and contrasts with the pale head. Otherwise it is a normal Herring Gull (in terms of tail pattern etc).<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtA-vfJPF4I6V321iAPsAo9Sux3PZbapOWfvQvrpOBNUfW02bKeOomwvFC0cXH-zlPTr1jqDsD3Lok-E6_TyoMgKHLWioz2_BXIF3FODrKAPY56e3wKh0uIncYdArDEdOKqq3poPA6JJlA/s1600/webFS7E9501.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 343px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708502024502060978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtA-vfJPF4I6V321iAPsAo9Sux3PZbapOWfvQvrpOBNUfW02bKeOomwvFC0cXH-zlPTr1jqDsD3Lok-E6_TyoMgKHLWioz2_BXIF3FODrKAPY56e3wKh0uIncYdArDEdOKqq3poPA6JJlA/s400/webFS7E9501.jpg" /></a> Numbers of Iceland Gulls have dropped off (around 10 were present) but still impressive. All the remaining shots show a selection of individuals present at the weekend.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYd0G3Dv-TP4ffyg310OmLu4E-IdR-YsdnXbRNIGTKULMXvQGsHSW7m8bVfL1QlBjnsrFwXBKbe1dLfqCuIG2u8tXzVbVcvIxRkq3g6Qqs0B34Kx4FHqNpgQbtCkY49ellx_M0-sKX3aKp/s1600/webFS7E9719.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 350px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708501746585486834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYd0G3Dv-TP4ffyg310OmLu4E-IdR-YsdnXbRNIGTKULMXvQGsHSW7m8bVfL1QlBjnsrFwXBKbe1dLfqCuIG2u8tXzVbVcvIxRkq3g6Qqs0B34Kx4FHqNpgQbtCkY49ellx_M0-sKX3aKp/s400/webFS7E9719.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OFa0Xqos9ZMKkMBkkhFyQJgvtHHvkoPs1dSPDR6uNigTrfKqsQyPj7U5cFjHdIcz3XgXhLHlUx_R_ScICBQ462_yxmCTiTBW8Bi7MIxLGzeAyfSaLVbpn3IanmyaZmYd2-H67hbt62b3/s1600/webFS7E9636.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 347px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708501730972543506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OFa0Xqos9ZMKkMBkkhFyQJgvtHHvkoPs1dSPDR6uNigTrfKqsQyPj7U5cFjHdIcz3XgXhLHlUx_R_ScICBQ462_yxmCTiTBW8Bi7MIxLGzeAyfSaLVbpn3IanmyaZmYd2-H67hbt62b3/s400/webFS7E9636.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkM27Iyhn9d8KEY6mUiurX4eo2i_4zt8Kmf0nOjKzRravAOwv5Zk1f3k8p4lCXK4AkwDjdtl-iJ1e_-8cB3maKAIZXuGsgSa5WKwI5O6owBaMpS8ZEQzKKdCFqEV-QakGlV22vLaNMeTB6/s1600/webFS7E9791.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 356px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708501718134160530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkM27Iyhn9d8KEY6mUiurX4eo2i_4zt8Kmf0nOjKzRravAOwv5Zk1f3k8p4lCXK4AkwDjdtl-iJ1e_-8cB3maKAIZXuGsgSa5WKwI5O6owBaMpS8ZEQzKKdCFqEV-QakGlV22vLaNMeTB6/s400/webFS7E9791.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59F8Ku57cKB5yakyhM6lTtpbBV5AR5pCZU08C1nof_PN26qSt6jYW38Ww3l0K7tRIOs_bhxv6gVBn9I7umz8crUrftvgKXrBQ5So1IrqsgJOMjwgP1NCKom56PX-1lsKSkCODquSllp6Q/s1600/webFS7E9835.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 364px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708501704757429730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59F8Ku57cKB5yakyhM6lTtpbBV5AR5pCZU08C1nof_PN26qSt6jYW38Ww3l0K7tRIOs_bhxv6gVBn9I7umz8crUrftvgKXrBQ5So1IrqsgJOMjwgP1NCKom56PX-1lsKSkCODquSllp6Q/s400/webFS7E9835.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSaaCDKuPbHXBflto5yTEi3BVv6W214177-t8xviU7miryTQ-9t4MQFZ1vY40SWUMETQudqsy-r1_YM_RaCE-F44AZ-iH8CqfY5CWzN_-AKCyyI3XQp-JlTLIkPEiwf5PBfWJiKxKMdPHX/s1600/webFS7E9836.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 376px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708501702485613346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSaaCDKuPbHXBflto5yTEi3BVv6W214177-t8xviU7miryTQ-9t4MQFZ1vY40SWUMETQudqsy-r1_YM_RaCE-F44AZ-iH8CqfY5CWzN_-AKCyyI3XQp-JlTLIkPEiwf5PBfWJiKxKMdPHX/s400/webFS7E9836.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Fcez87eqNQ7YXjC2tK92eeR8yxiuj4ua2JkQO1fCjsXySAgblfs_mlmR4oNBY4ttiIxj7cq1odnMUeNKzVohA0pv1l3nU_xsoy8d_M1jt0byXZpfsI9_l2FIwnQKSwfG_I9oeUgbSpKc/s1600/webFS7E9523.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 275px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708501298021317618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Fcez87eqNQ7YXjC2tK92eeR8yxiuj4ua2JkQO1fCjsXySAgblfs_mlmR4oNBY4ttiIxj7cq1odnMUeNKzVohA0pv1l3nU_xsoy8d_M1jt0byXZpfsI9_l2FIwnQKSwfG_I9oeUgbSpKc/s400/webFS7E9523.jpg" /></a> Despite the shadowing in the primaries, this is a <em>glaucoides</em>.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNWc92BZjzziZj1ZLAssMGVtAMD5nKW6uwEHe8Tc9aYr7TJGg4J_fy8PKcrSrDUnWZSxpv6ND3cRrvjvWKUj3kPfBi_qAQNm-eyc8fGxcvT1NZQFbhyRBNR8eqIvIq9TuY-SXSjnItqyI/s1600/webFS7E9349.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 331px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708501290752132770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNWc92BZjzziZj1ZLAssMGVtAMD5nKW6uwEHe8Tc9aYr7TJGg4J_fy8PKcrSrDUnWZSxpv6ND3cRrvjvWKUj3kPfBi_qAQNm-eyc8fGxcvT1NZQFbhyRBNR8eqIvIq9TuY-SXSjnItqyI/s400/webFS7E9349.jpg" /></a>Tesco 47 p per loaf bread has been a winner during the white-winged invasion. At the peak 0f the invasion a couple of weeks ago the ratio was more than 1 white-winged gull for every loaf used (averaging 20 loaves per weekend). The peak is over, birds appear to be moving off and now im only seeing around 12 white-wings for my 20 loaves - so ratio poorer than 1:1 :)<br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIvawOy52nXC8UNAWHxZg_B5I3R8m4a31aqDACDvIQ0LiV7Bc3pNeQY_8Rw2tOBkNykoO4JgQeLuxlThyFd0WUaDpod_vdV3UPlgd1BL3teRKqRM8N8CNe0UAB5dA3h67cH_MGZ-6rGai/s1600/webFS7E9296.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 345px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708501284962978178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIvawOy52nXC8UNAWHxZg_B5I3R8m4a31aqDACDvIQ0LiV7Bc3pNeQY_8Rw2tOBkNykoO4JgQeLuxlThyFd0WUaDpod_vdV3UPlgd1BL3teRKqRM8N8CNe0UAB5dA3h67cH_MGZ-6rGai/s400/webFS7E9296.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4FCQk_jVpT9ccoFqlZ7lcYY-G11OjR0fbyxbylqnkFPfceY4_hOJUMAlld6N9YyfGGo7xJungoHiHMlN687kt5SCGXy2QrMAPQ4j_Hd1KrIEWeaQGVSQsY-ZDM5T9P4thjTUiZpv-1jv/s1600/webFS7E9303.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 351px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708501253965031202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4FCQk_jVpT9ccoFqlZ7lcYY-G11OjR0fbyxbylqnkFPfceY4_hOJUMAlld6N9YyfGGo7xJungoHiHMlN687kt5SCGXy2QrMAPQ4j_Hd1KrIEWeaQGVSQsY-ZDM5T9P4thjTUiZpv-1jv/s400/webFS7E9303.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEj-wGmICl8EqTQQby0LmlJ9Fig6aN2PDBQ9FWXNkJ7ak0qIG6T1-7phIe8-2X84wnieI2VOXeVowDGcG1VEiNVeGZg7ASZ-TJW8hCtnpu6VKewykKsB6HYCkjxPlCub3gOUh9wVTi23w/s1600/webFS7E9122.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 341px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708501251980332354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEj-wGmICl8EqTQQby0LmlJ9Fig6aN2PDBQ9FWXNkJ7ak0qIG6T1-7phIe8-2X84wnieI2VOXeVowDGcG1VEiNVeGZg7ASZ-TJW8hCtnpu6VKewykKsB6HYCkjxPlCub3gOUh9wVTi23w/s400/webFS7E9122.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-44240891325237377742012-02-05T23:15:00.001-08:002012-02-05T23:51:13.977-08:00Herring Gulls - the mind boggles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZTQOSRdbL5LqDZ7niN-qgRD3YSdI7SYzKDJrhAKTuXGRcDbiVAXVqNYHfiTALEtFSUCQIDs_cXZi7ov-hnE2jqc6m0MadUE82_GV0KO21eByi7clF_tz71CA9GXP8Ub_cM6cQ-BHWz8i/s1600/hg2.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCDbu0ogT7LVxw7tztMegAErYEVSazReKW6Pofds0T7PwMuoY1zAyBemRw8WFQjpRabC-ghBuM0a6VCptkqejRvKbX5LI747YWemu2oFZF37FjaqRZC2571u7Z5U4CcdQt1Lx8C9VS9G2/s1600/webFS7E7605.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705918565596007074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCDbu0ogT7LVxw7tztMegAErYEVSazReKW6Pofds0T7PwMuoY1zAyBemRw8WFQjpRabC-ghBuM0a6VCptkqejRvKbX5LI747YWemu2oFZF37FjaqRZC2571u7Z5U4CcdQt1Lx8C9VS9G2/s400/webFS7E7605.jpg" /></a> Same place, same day, but very four different birds. Here are some Herring Gulls from Peterhead yesterdy. Above (right) is an odd, petite bird, especially a small and pointed bill. In flight (see the two images below) it showed very silvery and contrasting inner primaries. It has retained juv scapulars and an odd tertial pattern.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6CaUAhX2rJMOmsuuS2yCv4rhyphenhyphen5ZzSM0X4PhOMM-_Qtbn5awoQlqqfGLVftuPi76KjSjiRTR2eu8tinR-HFknfwcfXXd2gWussTsb_ArSwMU5SK2YifJiQvRBIi9thhk4YEO_Po8k2lCR/s1600/webFS7E7608.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705918545689514626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6CaUAhX2rJMOmsuuS2yCv4rhyphenhyphen5ZzSM0X4PhOMM-_Qtbn5awoQlqqfGLVftuPi76KjSjiRTR2eu8tinR-HFknfwcfXXd2gWussTsb_ArSwMU5SK2YifJiQvRBIi9thhk4YEO_Po8k2lCR/s400/webFS7E7608.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rXTElZgKQlCb0f9pnm2tsoRK9XOqpeHuuxDIsK4jpg0l051nlWStYeq3DnE95-ox3Y_TuP3Pfxy8CrQgFnKnbxi2pY2F3rI728SfTzL9RO3Fcyo1rE9U2-cG68eqMgnFjVXp6WmYPiK1/s1600/webFS7E7727.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 341px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705918532551436274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rXTElZgKQlCb0f9pnm2tsoRK9XOqpeHuuxDIsK4jpg0l051nlWStYeq3DnE95-ox3Y_TuP3Pfxy8CrQgFnKnbxi2pY2F3rI728SfTzL9RO3Fcyo1rE9U2-cG68eqMgnFjVXp6WmYPiK1/s400/webFS7E7727.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTDC886-XkwdXkAvbCdQHDTHf7ohpCezw-muy80Z7RIIrqEr01493Bim_yB557p62Uc0LC9LntBDils4jk8Vz_diigaT8UhNaVPMaOtqSIOw2ULFB8b-P5qB74Q01sCRRjmv2x7zfiKmh/s1600/webFS7E7918.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705918528105610130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTDC886-XkwdXkAvbCdQHDTHf7ohpCezw-muy80Z7RIIrqEr01493Bim_yB557p62Uc0LC9LntBDils4jk8Vz_diigaT8UhNaVPMaOtqSIOw2ULFB8b-P5qB74Q01sCRRjmv2x7zfiKmh/s400/webFS7E7918.jpg" /></a> A very pale bird, but combined with a rather extensively dark tail and well barred rump . Pale panel in the greater coverts scared me for a moment (ie. you never know, we might get a 1w Slaty-backed Gull one day) , but actually these coverts are rather well patterned and simply worn/faded (rather than being the uniform panel seen on SBG). </div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmZ8FX3GPz5rewKiHBsHLgBKFud4T_0h5sZTKi-JMI3oRHYMA8w4Y44AGn2tZ0ZQGcnaIfxJ1Nn55wUM21sFyZOzgYc_a_cmuO9YxRIANz4XtwmGS3VcHjsFPe2xu6AhNHPR5EijlIvCc/s1600/webFS7E7623.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 308px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705918194829610226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmZ8FX3GPz5rewKiHBsHLgBKFud4T_0h5sZTKi-JMI3oRHYMA8w4Y44AGn2tZ0ZQGcnaIfxJ1Nn55wUM21sFyZOzgYc_a_cmuO9YxRIANz4XtwmGS3VcHjsFPe2xu6AhNHPR5EijlIvCc/s400/webFS7E7623.jpg" /></a> A nice muddy <em>argentatus</em>.<br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSw65HwrSZSe1mK-5mPhJXkzQt6BThgKBf3DB6pd3XZaRkB9TR9dInqWJl-OjWA5KRcEHX97-PJdRDIZSpOrZRc-sCPz64X8FFyrZeMdqErqZ6K-fxaSkudIlV-uyl9_3HF2MXg_KXpGR/s1600/webFS7E7634.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 253px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705918182162158914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSw65HwrSZSe1mK-5mPhJXkzQt6BThgKBf3DB6pd3XZaRkB9TR9dInqWJl-OjWA5KRcEHX97-PJdRDIZSpOrZRc-sCPz64X8FFyrZeMdqErqZ6K-fxaSkudIlV-uyl9_3HF2MXg_KXpGR/s400/webFS7E7634.jpg" /></a>Its tail and upper tail coverts are nothing to get excited about.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOa4LAWOkIxG5Po5VGnHf4PPig1zcJHmmz0Rp8g0Dguy66ZKdk6FT9CKcSy1MWQe5LcgGMSuFqzw5_E-qRiS6vECGKCivP_dIxkiMFZqNpjODA_5TTTU9YLsPFVxt3v3MW54tpBb9fm34j/s1600/webFS7E7489.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 287px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705918177691570098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOa4LAWOkIxG5Po5VGnHf4PPig1zcJHmmz0Rp8g0Dguy66ZKdk6FT9CKcSy1MWQe5LcgGMSuFqzw5_E-qRiS6vECGKCivP_dIxkiMFZqNpjODA_5TTTU9YLsPFVxt3v3MW54tpBb9fm34j/s400/webFS7E7489.jpg" /></a> An exceptionally dark bodied bird. </div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiO3DQyfDKrU0cw1oyBw1alA3k8yO33XKr1s2L7ldyXWQR6Qp9NC1T0wnZ-U14EhJm-9EHCg0pgiUAnrfyHRgPBQLzcmrPiTcyvF9p7Kx2Omn0R3iQJOZHydiYovoiqDnDX7Vfdz6n8u4t/s1600/webFS7E7499.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 358px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705918170296051074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiO3DQyfDKrU0cw1oyBw1alA3k8yO33XKr1s2L7ldyXWQR6Qp9NC1T0wnZ-U14EhJm-9EHCg0pgiUAnrfyHRgPBQLzcmrPiTcyvF9p7Kx2Omn0R3iQJOZHydiYovoiqDnDX7Vfdz6n8u4t/s400/webFS7E7499.jpg" /></a>Tail is towards dark end for Herring Gull, but rump and upper tail coverts pattern is seen in many Herrings. I wonder whether we have got some birds that have come from the same places all all the Iceland Gulls?<br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-67531034623084839092012-02-05T22:55:00.000-08:002012-02-05T23:53:02.358-08:00Glaucous, Iceland and a 2w Kums<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbN7iYUFDc5hf1rs56Uj3Wn5Lxg9A8JaRrMWErkw-v9qHT__y3c2hFH4E32mlN1gc1msZ8bhRb4Yi0s1YRbakwJ2HFOJbSR5PDqEVBS2sYa13bWPvmv4qKWSzG_JLN2EEbrk0slwuZZLy6/s1600/webFS7E8242.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915986996694226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbN7iYUFDc5hf1rs56Uj3Wn5Lxg9A8JaRrMWErkw-v9qHT__y3c2hFH4E32mlN1gc1msZ8bhRb4Yi0s1YRbakwJ2HFOJbSR5PDqEVBS2sYa13bWPvmv4qKWSzG_JLN2EEbrk0slwuZZLy6/s400/webFS7E8242.jpg" /></a> 5th Feb. All day at Peterhead, taking advantage of some reasonable light for photography. This post shows a selection of white-winged gulls in the harbour. Above is a 2w Glaucous.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-XlJrxB02rdAKolKDvsfv4Tmb_amU1u0UAw6sZ32_8UVQ1b5M_HIiED6vNJHuTb-cv1p1s9zogskTHxTLAgh4mNp86_7ZY7XHuweKAyU4zd9Ly9e_gV3-YZQ57eSa76kBBBxzJXJG_SV/s1600/webFS7E8204.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 308px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915981369955474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-XlJrxB02rdAKolKDvsfv4Tmb_amU1u0UAw6sZ32_8UVQ1b5M_HIiED6vNJHuTb-cv1p1s9zogskTHxTLAgh4mNp86_7ZY7XHuweKAyU4zd9Ly9e_gV3-YZQ57eSa76kBBBxzJXJG_SV/s400/webFS7E8204.jpg" /></a> The paler of the two 1w Glaucs.<br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOYjj1QmD2L5cgtevOdjoF9hPcOgBUJvaTGKpm1mbqRK-grFl99Q9CWgsGJZ4k6UZPgNN2bMeefher8Ivu1eU2xi89a5w31hW7vnLSzhCU38n0fApIx0GQE8KRe9HrZ6oJo8ZoAigaIcY/s1600/webFS7E8010.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915802090837778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOYjj1QmD2L5cgtevOdjoF9hPcOgBUJvaTGKpm1mbqRK-grFl99Q9CWgsGJZ4k6UZPgNN2bMeefher8Ivu1eU2xi89a5w31hW7vnLSzhCU38n0fApIx0GQE8KRe9HrZ6oJo8ZoAigaIcY/s400/webFS7E8010.jpg" /></a> The darker bird; also shown in the pics below.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fn4ILnIhyTiSQX8pegZShyphenhyphenjG1wU01De7WLUOF1l92GloX7gecZFXehpI4rAAVuokukjYsN9IL4En5YxfSdF1-h8vFjJm75x1SKLmgbCsnMKKuSHC0QggfM6QgdktfmtkS-Fuj6N3pY12/s1600/webFS7E8009.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915791906731426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fn4ILnIhyTiSQX8pegZShyphenhyphenjG1wU01De7WLUOF1l92GloX7gecZFXehpI4rAAVuokukjYsN9IL4En5YxfSdF1-h8vFjJm75x1SKLmgbCsnMKKuSHC0QggfM6QgdktfmtkS-Fuj6N3pY12/s400/webFS7E8009.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo84AJLHmToyvn7H6e6uMMYw5-SRzg5LGmmRvvwEUYsjjygzvIoWrqggcrDrnMsGWlK9E_YY6OYWkX_2NsUeAzHoioPiik4a9MDJqik_j049tzT_ZrMwwDkU3vk9dW_ButKV3hE7ZoyDzZ/s1600/webFS7E7967.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 323px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915781156085538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo84AJLHmToyvn7H6e6uMMYw5-SRzg5LGmmRvvwEUYsjjygzvIoWrqggcrDrnMsGWlK9E_YY6OYWkX_2NsUeAzHoioPiik4a9MDJqik_j049tzT_ZrMwwDkU3vk9dW_ButKV3hE7ZoyDzZ/s400/webFS7E7967.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEP5ptFrYDRp6KMKhnjSC6zoakYuuU0skrEBt76IcX0yTFkMf5T3bqfai_YZtE8UbBNPEU6WQOxIZ-R7UETK5SXh9pCerOVCGEMbETFk_KCLbc7nnMVvfWsZVq8nOoIQiN36H7nG_mmgE/s1600/webFS7E7764.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 348px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915774368086754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEP5ptFrYDRp6KMKhnjSC6zoakYuuU0skrEBt76IcX0yTFkMf5T3bqfai_YZtE8UbBNPEU6WQOxIZ-R7UETK5SXh9pCerOVCGEMbETFk_KCLbc7nnMVvfWsZVq8nOoIQiN36H7nG_mmgE/s400/webFS7E7764.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLuCHcc4DrnLuplyuHVXN6k5yZ3Zm_lNSsAS-atKHXt5EG-tsVzmHyqkzQCKG3E0-amgQe-BeXjQZ5b0Tm5FXCiBvFoVR29iT6_ZZAMuYSmHqurrWIRWku3HnRgoAb4ceE3h4hr2ghyq0/s1600/webFS7E7763.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 370px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915772443141810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLuCHcc4DrnLuplyuHVXN6k5yZ3Zm_lNSsAS-atKHXt5EG-tsVzmHyqkzQCKG3E0-amgQe-BeXjQZ5b0Tm5FXCiBvFoVR29iT6_ZZAMuYSmHqurrWIRWku3HnRgoAb4ceE3h4hr2ghyq0/s400/webFS7E7763.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKhWwAQT_D9Duou5qZV0Isyt-AjH-WwSIzGiGPN4xhinrKYSKjMqgsQyU5t6rovXeOifU8Anb_H_Z5g3Yq6Gpl0N7hOZI6FGIwL5WCIzz0GhNRYh2QiwSmw92CRYa54zTj35IKxAPR1a1/s1600/webFS7E7406.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 351px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915242620656322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKhWwAQT_D9Duou5qZV0Isyt-AjH-WwSIzGiGPN4xhinrKYSKjMqgsQyU5t6rovXeOifU8Anb_H_Z5g3Yq6Gpl0N7hOZI6FGIwL5WCIzz0GhNRYh2QiwSmw92CRYa54zTj35IKxAPR1a1/s400/webFS7E7406.jpg" /></a> the 2w Kumlien's was around<br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjxsWOCNB8gj91ZfFsMTJRZCSnIms21pww1R0BYSaja6yfG-aqUzkGBTKJghA_Ng4qK2_ys8Rhb6pj660SrT0HW7uKkmqSwr4_1oky9j8LhruMey_ig8hk3S6bNBLgU7-mGQYKUPfQ5zS1/s1600/webFS7E7350.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 328px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915228596574898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjxsWOCNB8gj91ZfFsMTJRZCSnIms21pww1R0BYSaja6yfG-aqUzkGBTKJghA_Ng4qK2_ys8Rhb6pj660SrT0HW7uKkmqSwr4_1oky9j8LhruMey_ig8hk3S6bNBLgU7-mGQYKUPfQ5zS1/s400/webFS7E7350.jpg" /></a> The Kumlien's banking away<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZg0Fj9sY9GubwszKhRVcx4vZAAgOYg9ILKaeAX5lyjTQVPM7KLLe4vNGDyjvtvvuLh8CRN0ugYRu8g745Mafcvehg2J3sYKlEZV6JQnRCziaV196MT3_LNXY-6bIFHacE8r704gKo_kQ/s1600/webFS7E7371.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915224300640210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZg0Fj9sY9GubwszKhRVcx4vZAAgOYg9ILKaeAX5lyjTQVPM7KLLe4vNGDyjvtvvuLh8CRN0ugYRu8g745Mafcvehg2J3sYKlEZV6JQnRCziaV196MT3_LNXY-6bIFHacE8r704gKo_kQ/s400/webFS7E7371.jpg" /></a> Adult Iceland. A selection of all ages classes in below.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7xpoJDFn7cgTYohUAac9mGybuwFZVGTpLEsK5T3lL5IVp1Ikokis7ukyc8SlC6vQTm-fwqXLh22ShaYKqjXVkJaiaMXfLdcxwIpvnUB1f6CAe2GvBlpb1byiKe16ss5-VlcmymNT69Sf/s1600/webFS7E7662.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915211893901330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7xpoJDFn7cgTYohUAac9mGybuwFZVGTpLEsK5T3lL5IVp1Ikokis7ukyc8SlC6vQTm-fwqXLh22ShaYKqjXVkJaiaMXfLdcxwIpvnUB1f6CAe2GvBlpb1byiKe16ss5-VlcmymNT69Sf/s400/webFS7E7662.jpg" /></a> Dark markings in the left wing-tip are paint!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BXOKgUj711GzkBSNnDZcljGHLuRpalowHMUqeB9Wgyzb3XZFKmazk7d9COyl7iB7A6VsKOKDvwH05K7PA_H-FzNSFqaVNvG8XUuFn8gQmIXLzWoLjaXR7hq50bObVv54hJa5QBZWvUeD/s1600/webFS7E7693.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 338px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705915207480117138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BXOKgUj711GzkBSNnDZcljGHLuRpalowHMUqeB9Wgyzb3XZFKmazk7d9COyl7iB7A6VsKOKDvwH05K7PA_H-FzNSFqaVNvG8XUuFn8gQmIXLzWoLjaXR7hq50bObVv54hJa5QBZWvUeD/s400/webFS7E7693.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCE_i55OFroqY4bNftzd7T1iFNRvBCCuu3srbQNFVKod5iVKglxOby-AIYlijOsgVkQ9I0gq9o1sGrx56R74w-WLGD6hN-rP-d261jaqSxOybhTocxWmgjKSGSfUAJ_9eEIaWeySmVBT0/s1600/webFS7E8078.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705914904998034754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCE_i55OFroqY4bNftzd7T1iFNRvBCCuu3srbQNFVKod5iVKglxOby-AIYlijOsgVkQ9I0gq9o1sGrx56R74w-WLGD6hN-rP-d261jaqSxOybhTocxWmgjKSGSfUAJ_9eEIaWeySmVBT0/s400/webFS7E8078.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWouFLMYAfJg7XX0yu1f2m09R_Knt4kQARmUnUHCpV1ifF6N3aejIzleGHqakf8uBNgtlvQIZTFy6Z0nLvPIBTaC4u_gJ7s1JaMRNHzwynWSqrgD0qPCHaI4uTBzJoQUpaPoeiqS2SxWx/s1600/webFS7E8323.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 276px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705914893350816610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWouFLMYAfJg7XX0yu1f2m09R_Knt4kQARmUnUHCpV1ifF6N3aejIzleGHqakf8uBNgtlvQIZTFy6Z0nLvPIBTaC4u_gJ7s1JaMRNHzwynWSqrgD0qPCHaI4uTBzJoQUpaPoeiqS2SxWx/s400/webFS7E8323.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgze_6UIsYXW2pZ1eEqcukPH4F_kWwrdVxkdIA28OR7nzML51O1o_B_EDYKPoweH3ONY8Nzjl6mL3tJEwdrLJDUe3vQPqLjlmDwyDXVqe54Cq0RYRcycGiu7TlhKxHGY4uYHMI8FKxDK3w_/s1600/webFS7E7588.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705914884954266562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgze_6UIsYXW2pZ1eEqcukPH4F_kWwrdVxkdIA28OR7nzML51O1o_B_EDYKPoweH3ONY8Nzjl6mL3tJEwdrLJDUe3vQPqLjlmDwyDXVqe54Cq0RYRcycGiu7TlhKxHGY4uYHMI8FKxDK3w_/s400/webFS7E7588.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuFWY5T55sPD7HP-2Qp6WXiTev6-wlgxNwYqIbosqTHpoZ-uuU0IhYcGn6y95ipRxCMCxx5PZi63VQ_Q34aisdBtCHy7f4w7-8lRkY46sxbzxu42zCqP32LAToRk2LIyU1ZL1AjhcrH1f/s1600/webFS7E7962.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 295px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705914883116431138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuFWY5T55sPD7HP-2Qp6WXiTev6-wlgxNwYqIbosqTHpoZ-uuU0IhYcGn6y95ipRxCMCxx5PZi63VQ_Q34aisdBtCHy7f4w7-8lRkY46sxbzxu42zCqP32LAToRk2LIyU1ZL1AjhcrH1f/s400/webFS7E7962.jpg" /></a> <br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-43594537908934352352012-01-29T22:32:00.000-08:002012-01-31T08:59:04.606-08:00Kumlien's, Iceland and Glaucous: once in a lifetime?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM633nOrgWUwTpXabU0pmytRO_IYOfBY2zJFHowEN5efsI1bZestDQgrEzdv9NyV3nfZB9K7CWoFoAbc45YmvuWWFnbXel6VyR4OsFHntdCa3M4iJYdAZ4sdaNpAZtChytxQ_TZpSdsRBf/s1600/webFS7E5757.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 271px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703315095203415410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM633nOrgWUwTpXabU0pmytRO_IYOfBY2zJFHowEN5efsI1bZestDQgrEzdv9NyV3nfZB9K7CWoFoAbc45YmvuWWFnbXel6VyR4OsFHntdCa3M4iJYdAZ4sdaNpAZtChytxQ_TZpSdsRBf/s400/webFS7E5757.jpg" /></a>The weekend of 28 and 29 January was truly memorable - perhaps even a once in a lifetime experience as far as white-winged gulls are concerned. This post shows a selection of images taken over the weekend. The image above shows the 3w Kumlien's from Fraserburgh.<br /><br /><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 189px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311896282011698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKAiNsuOMBLAS5H3rWXjjHKfNSCezXK4wVyeB_jUXVgTyAplP1a4LsCEoC3tObonNlpi8NDCNpIbYAOLkjtJJRLuemw088-jgSTDv6cwdz5bBtt88N0y4q2xCjn066P2t2RWrxl-i_8R8/s400/webFS7E6585.jpg" /> <br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89QULrM_9zeVTWrzRAQ5ojcKFVgQ0433WncAYV_Vo7y6n8BBEKlDJlVNfvQC3dq4iyvmugP6ttnXMlvkS-pybDd2f7PkPC_KBzla5ZXdIPMaFgAPdQJenaZ0E8INH_oQBSajvIFyFAhyphenhyphenQ/s1600/webFS7E6587.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 223px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311885713288882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89QULrM_9zeVTWrzRAQ5ojcKFVgQ0433WncAYV_Vo7y6n8BBEKlDJlVNfvQC3dq4iyvmugP6ttnXMlvkS-pybDd2f7PkPC_KBzla5ZXdIPMaFgAPdQJenaZ0E8INH_oQBSajvIFyFAhyphenhyphenQ/s400/webFS7E6587.jpg" /></a> This Glaucous got something of a shock when a seal surfaced next to it. </div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQuwNFCYmz2OqbgbhJdjkX-W7AX0HR5iSjDMduiG9fF0bMACD7QmR642bNjfwfXw5ee4x9tEXrvj0uemlW5gFvSv9GEajGPbPEZtM6z48Kf0UrcxFrjqFcd9HhcEyqSSw1D4m6QL-JPaA/s1600/webFS7E5424.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 360px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311869747927922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQuwNFCYmz2OqbgbhJdjkX-W7AX0HR5iSjDMduiG9fF0bMACD7QmR642bNjfwfXw5ee4x9tEXrvj0uemlW5gFvSv9GEajGPbPEZtM6z48Kf0UrcxFrjqFcd9HhcEyqSSw1D4m6QL-JPaA/s400/webFS7E5424.jpg" /></a> Adult Kumlien's, Peterhead<br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2ljs9w2xRUJQl9Hl4FrrjdMn0vQLVbYNcCVP3eYhIm3iDBkhunhhg9Ev5wCSyBMADuUPaGltKjioPpDMnCIVcq6Lgu0MYQxvxc-Rav8-NpHZCWvF4XRecsJm2YPfqmc-P6halmkDPemn/s1600/webFS7E6484.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 329px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311841595473298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2ljs9w2xRUJQl9Hl4FrrjdMn0vQLVbYNcCVP3eYhIm3iDBkhunhhg9Ev5wCSyBMADuUPaGltKjioPpDMnCIVcq6Lgu0MYQxvxc-Rav8-NpHZCWvF4XRecsJm2YPfqmc-P6halmkDPemn/s400/webFS7E6484.jpg" /></a> Yet another Kumliens - all the kums present at the weekend have been around for at least a week now. </div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJ5UAyhlyd8wO-VPj_i33VdSD2KUU4ndNw5XZlDu2KBDj_kgcictpkDBuZXXjXxPHCSM_sanVh2FXb9Rk0S7a6mBTLOXfJvlPm77r2Arcb-womEwgVhdqt3DYjYtb_CV7f4qqlQqYuHRr/s1600/webFS7E6134.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 337px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311443951267986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJ5UAyhlyd8wO-VPj_i33VdSD2KUU4ndNw5XZlDu2KBDj_kgcictpkDBuZXXjXxPHCSM_sanVh2FXb9Rk0S7a6mBTLOXfJvlPm77r2Arcb-womEwgVhdqt3DYjYtb_CV7f4qqlQqYuHRr/s400/webFS7E6134.jpg" /></a> Five Glaucous gulls were at Peterhead - this one favoured a dead seal (note the blood on its bill)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafzq5PXayfxxfI72dUnuQ_KnGg0xkpPLRqFCk6M75wdL0SY21wBKM62_WK4Up98YmHYFnw2_ilEEaBtEUA3e8UXoDH3mPDu6joUxVQf5UvB5XtJYl8U7NEn7mWQQeH_JWRm8fpsc2e3Hg/s1600/webFS7E6337.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 308px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311433217546978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafzq5PXayfxxfI72dUnuQ_KnGg0xkpPLRqFCk6M75wdL0SY21wBKM62_WK4Up98YmHYFnw2_ilEEaBtEUA3e8UXoDH3mPDu6joUxVQf5UvB5XtJYl8U7NEn7mWQQeH_JWRm8fpsc2e3Hg/s400/webFS7E6337.jpg" /></a> Another one of the Glaucs<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVa88Du4kIUWbnMStQLEP6PS2JqNgoiZtggD-PcPG2b1haWPG5sC_JDB7wjywVP44s9qedYwipdK_C4L5pfCmJ5sqj9EQewB-G6EKyAqMWlMToFFDiYVlJIjZeQ1MkEeI6ehB9MqRmjg_/s1600/webFS7E5832.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 316px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311422481924706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVa88Du4kIUWbnMStQLEP6PS2JqNgoiZtggD-PcPG2b1haWPG5sC_JDB7wjywVP44s9qedYwipdK_C4L5pfCmJ5sqj9EQewB-G6EKyAqMWlMToFFDiYVlJIjZeQ1MkEeI6ehB9MqRmjg_/s400/webFS7E5832.jpg" /></a> A Glaucous from Fraserburgh<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihk3-FOqQj4x5gFgBxv2FbpNX6xQIhKTJAlJ55D_rmVG9Mx9iCXWIH8uQSc7Sj_uwzPxS_mHEnPGrNMKnv74Ecf98_dDVcz2hXGOeQJG_OUHapdJzGRPrW2amfiLZxMMvYI-Ly6cpwIZ0G/s1600/webFS7E5837.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 387px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311413645186690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihk3-FOqQj4x5gFgBxv2FbpNX6xQIhKTJAlJ55D_rmVG9Mx9iCXWIH8uQSc7Sj_uwzPxS_mHEnPGrNMKnv74Ecf98_dDVcz2hXGOeQJG_OUHapdJzGRPrW2amfiLZxMMvYI-Ly6cpwIZ0G/s400/webFS7E5837.jpg" /></a> Same bird as above...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoqmt6egqMOIdABrPDzsKD0O_uuekyCryIyEONjjut3LJ6QUuT8C5K4ewml6bNwWYcRQ-NY7LfwudaDvxCd-Wbji7MJWWDyrhuSckGb8Ix4pHwSqlpcQeKO7dRjRbGLzst8r4xYUXoslc/s1600/webFS7E5839.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311411533909378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoqmt6egqMOIdABrPDzsKD0O_uuekyCryIyEONjjut3LJ6QUuT8C5K4ewml6bNwWYcRQ-NY7LfwudaDvxCd-Wbji7MJWWDyrhuSckGb8Ix4pHwSqlpcQeKO7dRjRbGLzst8r4xYUXoslc/s400/webFS7E5839.jpg" /></a>... and the next in the sequence<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aPpElTlfd375OEGpg-KYrZFwBu62Pzw6o0j3ANNiWC0trUoAEGT2IVqGi866gWm1-8BlB4VjbdX2Q83_W3RRshyrXbkenX89YKj9BRzoCAgQu8vGBLZIpI0TZdpFH2S9CyT7DuPFTGjm/s1600/webFS7E5773.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 356px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311053467901762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aPpElTlfd375OEGpg-KYrZFwBu62Pzw6o0j3ANNiWC0trUoAEGT2IVqGi866gWm1-8BlB4VjbdX2Q83_W3RRshyrXbkenX89YKj9BRzoCAgQu8vGBLZIpI0TZdpFH2S9CyT7DuPFTGjm/s400/webFS7E5773.jpg" /></a> A second 1w Glaucous from Fraserburgh<br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeRWqsMyqVb086wdsLqmqa2brFygbM9iwTCKQrekeEwjcXCwEOQcmgqb2mfcEVDFFUagfA6bDim9pTb-7LK4ny4649Y6RA0G_Z2t3uFd1rwxZLwow_GdpUxU8IKd_Bie5PhYIbgDe72hh/s1600/webFS7E6623.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 321px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311049786935650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeRWqsMyqVb086wdsLqmqa2brFygbM9iwTCKQrekeEwjcXCwEOQcmgqb2mfcEVDFFUagfA6bDim9pTb-7LK4ny4649Y6RA0G_Z2t3uFd1rwxZLwow_GdpUxU8IKd_Bie5PhYIbgDe72hh/s400/webFS7E6623.jpg" /></a> 2w Glaucous, Peterhead. Note the damage to its bill; it's a rough life being a gull.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiure2NP-jifdBTSVAGHOd5bqRgDCup2hLIUfpQ8RVefJwibC4q2rYisR3NGHSyDP6N1bhZBgGN1FB-kMMbNBvN6aTnqAHtv4knyCe_-3u8MeGMMkkmOZAvpIinzHa-I3cmt-t7lu_eCIYo/s1600/webFS7E6620.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311033026032226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiure2NP-jifdBTSVAGHOd5bqRgDCup2hLIUfpQ8RVefJwibC4q2rYisR3NGHSyDP6N1bhZBgGN1FB-kMMbNBvN6aTnqAHtv4knyCe_-3u8MeGMMkkmOZAvpIinzHa-I3cmt-t7lu_eCIYo/s400/webFS7E6620.jpg" /></a> The same 2w bird<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4H9fx5_HqKNVmQ5fDPKjtVPMgUM6quqpwzpwewuBQ2e908zYuFIkwdptT-v8yfG24lAJmcd_AjccolEfW14XyBg5_-Tcph5xw9uDlaimgXfxDufJJEnrMwqr8W_BrX9u5LdcYfUXYFJc/s1600/webFS7E6605.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 260px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703311025591913234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4H9fx5_HqKNVmQ5fDPKjtVPMgUM6quqpwzpwewuBQ2e908zYuFIkwdptT-v8yfG24lAJmcd_AjccolEfW14XyBg5_-Tcph5xw9uDlaimgXfxDufJJEnrMwqr8W_BrX9u5LdcYfUXYFJc/s400/webFS7E6605.jpg" /></a> And the same bird again<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHl7E-qY6QeGmdfRBWH7kAz04Nr8viUxOHK3ka3mKU8p7fpXGH2w6MBpOoaBPI3G7LpK7jSoOQTEHkC57NJkBAPpxW9TLH7DQgdq9R4PLbiN1IFji6cZTs2Y0j9M5ZM0k4_2kdd8G3k9f/s1600/webFS7E5511.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 291px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703310561137606258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHl7E-qY6QeGmdfRBWH7kAz04Nr8viUxOHK3ka3mKU8p7fpXGH2w6MBpOoaBPI3G7LpK7jSoOQTEHkC57NJkBAPpxW9TLH7DQgdq9R4PLbiN1IFji6cZTs2Y0j9M5ZM0k4_2kdd8G3k9f/s400/webFS7E5511.jpg" /></a> 1w Iceland, Peterhead.<br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmUN6FlCP2HKJk-uwqEu1ct6IrzI36dwX8z9-kL3Sl4qouyqhLnDBBiTonDseTPOPmalD633NISBJLncYCpSOi3p9iMDeFHG62ONXp4lyEjtHQQ8Xa9DEmQEJeLc0qjuL7VhA_GhWioJP/s1600/webFS7E5479.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 379px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703310545296263682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmUN6FlCP2HKJk-uwqEu1ct6IrzI36dwX8z9-kL3Sl4qouyqhLnDBBiTonDseTPOPmalD633NISBJLncYCpSOi3p9iMDeFHG62ONXp4lyEjtHQQ8Xa9DEmQEJeLc0qjuL7VhA_GhWioJP/s400/webFS7E5479.jpg" /></a> The same Iceland<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrn_Tt2n44oM8Sq95JkxD21FWKsL1fq0ApPXiNZDq_dRa45-Zb4FLhztf6y7oUn-djLU4LwvhESnFs4xFFQy5rdoAxr0XQI6OXKy05XcAHzD-k-A27CE7WDcZardCWagaYK61kgfvVNii/s1600/webFS7E5799.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 384px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703310535874544962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrn_Tt2n44oM8Sq95JkxD21FWKsL1fq0ApPXiNZDq_dRa45-Zb4FLhztf6y7oUn-djLU4LwvhESnFs4xFFQy5rdoAxr0XQI6OXKy05XcAHzD-k-A27CE7WDcZardCWagaYK61kgfvVNii/s400/webFS7E5799.jpg" /></a> A 1w Iceland from Fraserburgh<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMmVYjqUiyo85oQf324E_9hjiegUhOnlQEEKUA_C_bw1p6HN7o8opAoBUWiJzcDkbpwS-SLd9zBL2P_oTxqW4Z0sKQ6NOXhcvia6A5JTHleVsRO2VkP0UQHF0LA_V7bj_tgn0k9sezNYz/s1600/webFS7E5537.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 374px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703310529077005458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMmVYjqUiyo85oQf324E_9hjiegUhOnlQEEKUA_C_bw1p6HN7o8opAoBUWiJzcDkbpwS-SLd9zBL2P_oTxqW4Z0sKQ6NOXhcvia6A5JTHleVsRO2VkP0UQHF0LA_V7bj_tgn0k9sezNYz/s400/webFS7E5537.jpg" /></a> 2w Iceland<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmBPvf9VNSTe7x97a4JDd09s0aEo2oF2rkj4GB-SvtUv3fUY6b1ZltexRpd8W17WcmiQFCs8vT3wPr718-s9900kIJOh_D_3AiKuScbV1rEBTelRBKMrNgVMVokCdMEGpoUWi9IxNIKF2/s1600/webFS7E5546.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 371px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703310295583499346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmBPvf9VNSTe7x97a4JDd09s0aEo2oF2rkj4GB-SvtUv3fUY6b1ZltexRpd8W17WcmiQFCs8vT3wPr718-s9900kIJOh_D_3AiKuScbV1rEBTelRBKMrNgVMVokCdMEGpoUWi9IxNIKF2/s400/webFS7E5546.jpg" /></a> The same 2w Iceland as above<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Z1aAfIIUTMD6V69-fM46Hr7LF5VAtzBIoVzCicMK9Odow5fVG9ZvarYK0vkHRKQVpZR8ZN1Wkh1dyMfL1odJ3vIBEXpXxoKrCNqoBO0VwCP_VgR72x22Pz3nUZlqT7rH9ovr2U4NAHlr/s1600/webFS7E6498.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 329px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703310281643215730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Z1aAfIIUTMD6V69-fM46Hr7LF5VAtzBIoVzCicMK9Odow5fVG9ZvarYK0vkHRKQVpZR8ZN1Wkh1dyMfL1odJ3vIBEXpXxoKrCNqoBO0VwCP_VgR72x22Pz3nUZlqT7rH9ovr2U4NAHlr/s400/webFS7E6498.jpg" /></a> An Iceland from Peterhead<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ttEPKqDk95PudOJVRKnHzQ2JMbXtaMqwGMV6Vvz67WgK4i3AAti6fYfTzLE9vhuwJdQGhZFkKgf1milFDXG5OBaACsSR7Yap6eEC9SjI3SyDwSCb7Og-sN2Uq_c-Lx2frLmEv3mUhi7R/s1600/webFS7E6283.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703310262155964546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ttEPKqDk95PudOJVRKnHzQ2JMbXtaMqwGMV6Vvz67WgK4i3AAti6fYfTzLE9vhuwJdQGhZFkKgf1milFDXG5OBaACsSR7Yap6eEC9SjI3SyDwSCb7Og-sN2Uq_c-Lx2frLmEv3mUhi7R/s400/webFS7E6283.jpg" /></a> A second winter Iceland - lots of pigmentation in its primaries, but the pattern of this is all wrong for a typical Kumlien's<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1scUbMs8p34GFKNc002bymYOGvkfdnD3rBU7hOpJlvOCqiBnWwJeMMsPU4vDbr_2yHGHQ_vhkJ0tK8U-4Gs4swz5cJyuHQugsWvHUfOKRgG9qzb52q4RhJlOyEjOe5i_r_jpyZb0wAx5i/s1600/webFS7E6702.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703310259277390306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1scUbMs8p34GFKNc002bymYOGvkfdnD3rBU7hOpJlvOCqiBnWwJeMMsPU4vDbr_2yHGHQ_vhkJ0tK8U-4Gs4swz5cJyuHQugsWvHUfOKRgG9qzb52q4RhJlOyEjOe5i_r_jpyZb0wAx5i/s400/webFS7E6702.jpg" /></a> 3w Iceland <br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-64987613540888369762012-01-24T23:28:00.001-08:002012-01-24T23:33:06.585-08:00Some example second winter Kumlien's Gulls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSMWrb-wiX-Zex_sTeM1roZ7M6NWnsuZegZRuFfLWQSFTbc1EX_doqq90Z9ODewlfkOJx6rJNaJu8uy69xD9XgjwUk6XNWeSojuOMgfQokFNI77AficS2yKTWHTTvOpBEhc7BpI9H_tiF/s1600/Plate+10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 399px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701468848143982178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSMWrb-wiX-Zex_sTeM1roZ7M6NWnsuZegZRuFfLWQSFTbc1EX_doqq90Z9ODewlfkOJx6rJNaJu8uy69xD9XgjwUk6XNWeSojuOMgfQokFNI77AficS2yKTWHTTvOpBEhc7BpI9H_tiF/s400/Plate+10.jpg" /></a> These are some examples of 2w Kumlien's Gulls from St John's, NF (February), some very dark, some very pale.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2awcQOAD5kOxWRLQbRqts7sxsYbtWeQ84OVZAPF9NFdYg3YUlo6gUtDLVzYqD3FTjnBsjcY5ddp2EddgxuGoSLKGPtjk_9DHWfT9kVL5ntXUhVqJzyBBDWXZmILGDKuAP-edIx6xcHeqk/s1600/IMG_6478.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 277px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701468833463592578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2awcQOAD5kOxWRLQbRqts7sxsYbtWeQ84OVZAPF9NFdYg3YUlo6gUtDLVzYqD3FTjnBsjcY5ddp2EddgxuGoSLKGPtjk_9DHWfT9kVL5ntXUhVqJzyBBDWXZmILGDKuAP-edIx6xcHeqk/s400/IMG_6478.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOf61OraO0tzf6SSNLYE46L1Rc0nM71XJ5N1-9liWaK6JhypdiJDglHmbI8fGrvUEP67rbDijUBle37yXv39CO7FVIVh6pHdCpP2VZepsHQoidtZ7OfuF5jhm7sQ602M1F5Ld9aeJDZXQm/s1600/IMG_6068.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701468820372385746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOf61OraO0tzf6SSNLYE46L1Rc0nM71XJ5N1-9liWaK6JhypdiJDglHmbI8fGrvUEP67rbDijUBle37yXv39CO7FVIVh6pHdCpP2VZepsHQoidtZ7OfuF5jhm7sQ602M1F5Ld9aeJDZXQm/s400/IMG_6068.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizr6fzxByYuuAIc7PaevIxer1CMS2uFx10xnPbpgocM6b_nMCK2zBn_EM8U5jr2-YtmX09NnCZKx73Jo77BE1bBYxexEnpRtc-VKiYmZ1wMfIsfkAyjTP9sz8M5tSrKh3vwYMBEGRtgeDe/s1600/IMG_4952.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701468806737740434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizr6fzxByYuuAIc7PaevIxer1CMS2uFx10xnPbpgocM6b_nMCK2zBn_EM8U5jr2-YtmX09NnCZKx73Jo77BE1bBYxexEnpRtc-VKiYmZ1wMfIsfkAyjTP9sz8M5tSrKh3vwYMBEGRtgeDe/s400/IMG_4952.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCpL95W-LNWwhk5hsmnvcqXIQMW2TJcNy0AOhzUAC0GGrKmY36VbbZBwoFDhaGnnYatoSWHRBSmMhK-7YDfsja5bMzVt5Egivzry4JMPZ2nWWwZvve-_Xrx8Gmk95bfbbqJmGK2S7-92K/s1600/IMG_4894.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 334px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701468800311980258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCpL95W-LNWwhk5hsmnvcqXIQMW2TJcNy0AOhzUAC0GGrKmY36VbbZBwoFDhaGnnYatoSWHRBSmMhK-7YDfsja5bMzVt5Egivzry4JMPZ2nWWwZvve-_Xrx8Gmk95bfbbqJmGK2S7-92K/s400/IMG_4894.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpuGR1sixO5RGNid1v6QJPKu7kPh8Qbk_hHp5ksVYjviku12Nno9MqGxdmPiMxBRC_N8P4X2lo4sh4Ix47ESkbHRLWqZXS6ci07Po_t7xr80l6KfUaMG1S-SjXhnTUpVC7PK5EoS8S_EW/s1600/IMG_4836.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 326px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701468557533898914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpuGR1sixO5RGNid1v6QJPKu7kPh8Qbk_hHp5ksVYjviku12Nno9MqGxdmPiMxBRC_N8P4X2lo4sh4Ix47ESkbHRLWqZXS6ci07Po_t7xr80l6KfUaMG1S-SjXhnTUpVC7PK5EoS8S_EW/s400/IMG_4836.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutcokT2CeKWb0_IqQQWyCLvd9muYfro_eA7kQBvtz5PbJ60E1TiBKawU6PDcYIbJ5Cwjwt63gBGPumlPoGVLGtqH-6EIv7H6ys9lNtrugs5W0vW-2ha8o8M47U4ff-4Jca3YAV7xQmZnp/s1600/IMG_4787.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 335px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701468542592809810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutcokT2CeKWb0_IqQQWyCLvd9muYfro_eA7kQBvtz5PbJ60E1TiBKawU6PDcYIbJ5Cwjwt63gBGPumlPoGVLGtqH-6EIv7H6ys9lNtrugs5W0vW-2ha8o8M47U4ff-4Jca3YAV7xQmZnp/s400/IMG_4787.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1S_hrrtweS2Ti14ai5hhOGS0dX1YCH232ueodtZJZMeKZxxF_QaR16fVt3Z4zmTsk7bG23awaPz5Ic19JxYQkFTdsvWsvr-kXnCfbX9teIM9rSr3ZGS5AgKIqSD0bCiOOLOS-h-hYuUie/s1600/IMG_4774.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 295px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701468528911025394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1S_hrrtweS2Ti14ai5hhOGS0dX1YCH232ueodtZJZMeKZxxF_QaR16fVt3Z4zmTsk7bG23awaPz5Ic19JxYQkFTdsvWsvr-kXnCfbX9teIM9rSr3ZGS5AgKIqSD0bCiOOLOS-h-hYuUie/s400/IMG_4774.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6lzwQOka8f64qxJ9z8vGFWlX9X-Zzmpa1NJ9rw3DsCiSJfmR4bi1gPgbV3mZBgTJP6jWT24agXDp-xspTUg9rqXXL7vRdefRMZlnxdfB3y8R7Z8dlUkOpJB77RPlLZOhz4EL6KmTRwcz/s1600/IMG_4180.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 355px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701468522896766610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6lzwQOka8f64qxJ9z8vGFWlX9X-Zzmpa1NJ9rw3DsCiSJfmR4bi1gPgbV3mZBgTJP6jWT24agXDp-xspTUg9rqXXL7vRdefRMZlnxdfB3y8R7Z8dlUkOpJB77RPlLZOhz4EL6KmTRwcz/s400/IMG_4180.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFixtSu1LY_rTG61Fs5R2rb8gfc2sbXlBw55YBG2l9Nuw5Zy7EBY6UZ_tCJ-R7RC5ll17dIPp-zaSf2R9S5kNOA4hXmrrF7SoUxRzOaTjFXDBAz0AOWDKRGGM6bNEf27C3S6Sk-2dq6ka/s1600/IMG_4009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 396px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701468515488198242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFixtSu1LY_rTG61Fs5R2rb8gfc2sbXlBw55YBG2l9Nuw5Zy7EBY6UZ_tCJ-R7RC5ll17dIPp-zaSf2R9S5kNOA4hXmrrF7SoUxRzOaTjFXDBAz0AOWDKRGGM6bNEf27C3S6Sk-2dq6ka/s400/IMG_4009.JPG" /></a> <br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-39023702806962893452012-01-22T23:33:00.000-08:002012-01-23T00:07:04.657-08:00Record-breaking weekend: Kumlien's and lots more Iceland Gulls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35fR1-X4l-JGv_61RqusGNJfLrfaSbm-0OUnvHiyR_f3eYJbLgSMsRH5ZmAPEuyR5TJ_rc4xVYJwGRxkzdNWeyGb_X9XvReSSS-cyULO9evCRz4CGhcVBbGmsLfGHFPGJ7V8ruwHTAOFd/s1600/webFS7E4147.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 190px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700729797746802210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35fR1-X4l-JGv_61RqusGNJfLrfaSbm-0OUnvHiyR_f3eYJbLgSMsRH5ZmAPEuyR5TJ_rc4xVYJwGRxkzdNWeyGb_X9XvReSSS-cyULO9evCRz4CGhcVBbGmsLfGHFPGJ7V8ruwHTAOFd/s400/webFS7E4147.jpg" /></a> The weekend of 21/22 Jan produced around 25 white-winged Gulls, including these four captured together at Peterhead.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYrU9hEtBYuRK_MYc9fo0SdkuhimPN7-U9WitKHIayRxC5AOcRKX5MV70tmcg76etQBsoPMozqNV6G1Im209QisCXsICxZZ1fhcSaUxIWgTKLov1KlqVQj03vtR2geUBNTLwfM9WagO0P/s1600/webFS7E4427.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 233px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700729794939549970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYrU9hEtBYuRK_MYc9fo0SdkuhimPN7-U9WitKHIayRxC5AOcRKX5MV70tmcg76etQBsoPMozqNV6G1Im209QisCXsICxZZ1fhcSaUxIWgTKLov1KlqVQj03vtR2geUBNTLwfM9WagO0P/s400/webFS7E4427.jpg" /></a> My highlight of the weekend was this second-winter Kumlien's, here showing off its primary pattern to full effect. </div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTMv1P0oayFhHsLeCWaKU5eX1PAXjVZ0bz6M58t2nXFceMYQ9CYEILkI-j-lmBrA8nC-NyRvrCVo_7QhPwNVjNa2Og8j9xhtRhaFFmjRBR7tFtblP6hjkjcHAvOPKHCGir1xJZgtyxKuV/s1600/webFS7E4441.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700729784819528578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTMv1P0oayFhHsLeCWaKU5eX1PAXjVZ0bz6M58t2nXFceMYQ9CYEILkI-j-lmBrA8nC-NyRvrCVo_7QhPwNVjNa2Og8j9xhtRhaFFmjRBR7tFtblP6hjkjcHAvOPKHCGir1xJZgtyxKuV/s400/webFS7E4441.jpg" /></a> The same Kumlien's<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6BCrXaTUuZ8khP_f6dEafsPxp7tR5eIJOUwRp5NszPXFReBWY1j5HL_uPVaGyXCu5Mk8mDJMg3Y0W9Fndk8ZInbb9PPVPUs2DXB3HMriJx8ce0bg7D_Z1f0ZvWk-C4FAZui3nlqtpZz-/s1600/webFS7E4437.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 389px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700729782628631058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6BCrXaTUuZ8khP_f6dEafsPxp7tR5eIJOUwRp5NszPXFReBWY1j5HL_uPVaGyXCu5Mk8mDJMg3Y0W9Fndk8ZInbb9PPVPUs2DXB3HMriJx8ce0bg7D_Z1f0ZvWk-C4FAZui3nlqtpZz-/s400/webFS7E4437.jpg" /></a> The Kumlien's<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEEFtJU1z8tZ-qvhfDVP5HNBasDl2rCalulIgMW6yaUWCAy4zpluwJ41qr5178Ca9KfriCVNZoxcqjYoNXm4G_5Rqq-nKtNx_kQM09i8NYiSxOq51CYLWkLixvdLy8Uwpp9sV7vXBIJa9/s1600/webFS7E4535.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 385px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700729508178962258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEEFtJU1z8tZ-qvhfDVP5HNBasDl2rCalulIgMW6yaUWCAy4zpluwJ41qr5178Ca9KfriCVNZoxcqjYoNXm4G_5Rqq-nKtNx_kQM09i8NYiSxOq51CYLWkLixvdLy8Uwpp9sV7vXBIJa9/s400/webFS7E4535.jpg" /></a> For comparison, here is an Iceland of the same age.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmb5kC2ukzJVJMVN_HtXj7li5IrLoORAWYeMIXeAbRvKSMjMYpHBfOhCWEi7J1OkTwwhta0IPE6EewsfCzWF0sZ5e_YIT9SqeA7PD9m8DPaJAqeW3aIa6Xg3zO0a9l-CwWyaiCPNj5q9-/s1600/webFS7E5347.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 376px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700729499506090002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmb5kC2ukzJVJMVN_HtXj7li5IrLoORAWYeMIXeAbRvKSMjMYpHBfOhCWEi7J1OkTwwhta0IPE6EewsfCzWF0sZ5e_YIT9SqeA7PD9m8DPaJAqeW3aIa6Xg3zO0a9l-CwWyaiCPNj5q9-/s400/webFS7E5347.jpg" /></a> 3w Iceland. Interesting to compare this with the 3w kums at Fraserburgh. Pictured below is a selection of the Iceland Gulls present at Peterhead.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbb6G83hBO0mmFGXyr3uG8rkmvEshWfrdO6JGLrUiX0WwooFXImStB8vJDxxsGuRqZud5nVPEEiWXyvussjKgeC7Bbgm8Gw916qTIZ8qWPAT8Xj2jrKL3hQDsizg0JSJXCPHAfQLBJbnmt/s1600/webFS7E5338.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 344px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700729487768146082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbb6G83hBO0mmFGXyr3uG8rkmvEshWfrdO6JGLrUiX0WwooFXImStB8vJDxxsGuRqZud5nVPEEiWXyvussjKgeC7Bbgm8Gw916qTIZ8qWPAT8Xj2jrKL3hQDsizg0JSJXCPHAfQLBJbnmt/s400/webFS7E5338.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAp0ye-Afb4308IaNUJ6KklXiZZsoc6usIuNrTYmPAJWtv0NGzJEXnW0Nsm6m41qK5BDchsRVCJbpATlI2AgIkTzRmsy81KaqZqFmVRoPHFNPX51cYEVDuZM8JF5mnVxZyNj1nCw5dxzBz/s1600/webFS7E5289.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 334px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700729479899059570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAp0ye-Afb4308IaNUJ6KklXiZZsoc6usIuNrTYmPAJWtv0NGzJEXnW0Nsm6m41qK5BDchsRVCJbpATlI2AgIkTzRmsy81KaqZqFmVRoPHFNPX51cYEVDuZM8JF5mnVxZyNj1nCw5dxzBz/s400/webFS7E5289.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEX_Jl3i-4hJ1Sc6wVQwUTRvVV0pbQrDghrUxW04rdgn0nawAKwOo_n3mCnhWFvLBugXmXgFQv7VbHQtbi7NEBUgBoyElRQB4YsduuNP25FtyZPw26h9ziNHKnpV6nMkBHnbpSgTLgJb6W/s1600/webFS7E4669.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 330px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700729476242544578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEX_Jl3i-4hJ1Sc6wVQwUTRvVV0pbQrDghrUxW04rdgn0nawAKwOo_n3mCnhWFvLBugXmXgFQv7VbHQtbi7NEBUgBoyElRQB4YsduuNP25FtyZPw26h9ziNHKnpV6nMkBHnbpSgTLgJb6W/s400/webFS7E4669.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoHDT33WLafAduX0jpB9EWLO3uKVyN7qfhByi8DrF0-DQk4ouG5CwR10dj-XRR1oYfgYUbmXye_yFastX920MfFpRuR1UNLtupVoZ-XjJy36B3Moh0gvWBnWBHeSzCWYgL7V9qnrVA-_M/s1600/webFS7E4349.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 321px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700728851647177890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoHDT33WLafAduX0jpB9EWLO3uKVyN7qfhByi8DrF0-DQk4ouG5CwR10dj-XRR1oYfgYUbmXye_yFastX920MfFpRuR1UNLtupVoZ-XjJy36B3Moh0gvWBnWBHeSzCWYgL7V9qnrVA-_M/s400/webFS7E4349.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pVups7FrIXq9Y8ANmoPB1Z0CZBh0YKjpShOd1EuDn0-_4YEEHWBWZzRRfaItdjooAgMLpbQrohcGnazUDilGCukUWtXaIcBbxQ6kjHh64005CfJjn8h0bfHWZnisJjD0sGRbQj7RlASd/s1600/webFS7E4627.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 384px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700728421745565442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pVups7FrIXq9Y8ANmoPB1Z0CZBh0YKjpShOd1EuDn0-_4YEEHWBWZzRRfaItdjooAgMLpbQrohcGnazUDilGCukUWtXaIcBbxQ6kjHh64005CfJjn8h0bfHWZnisJjD0sGRbQj7RlASd/s400/webFS7E4627.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGplP9qljnuRFf8Q3uUgvS1jn-ib-zZAe3pQ-VMd9agnJ0ClmzEhsHmCtdbEcsobqpkICbcvn84Zn0TCUVzTiZR_rlJ7slIIYK4jFm6h455x_jAt3JKOTrKeRUVSO-B3PpjLVwzKBcNEay/s1600/webFS7E4474.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700728411874975458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGplP9qljnuRFf8Q3uUgvS1jn-ib-zZAe3pQ-VMd9agnJ0ClmzEhsHmCtdbEcsobqpkICbcvn84Zn0TCUVzTiZR_rlJ7slIIYK4jFm6h455x_jAt3JKOTrKeRUVSO-B3PpjLVwzKBcNEay/s400/webFS7E4474.jpg" /></a> This adult shows a rather pepperd iris, as per Kumlien's. However, there is no evidence of any darkening in the primaries, and it was not possible to compare its upperpart grey tone directly with the <em>glaucoides</em> present; so at the moment is it best left as an Iceland.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HRT55Rx0bSrzGmZXRSRIRj6azrO8dCyYxrDYLL9soqWckCTls6gtLw5pDLXWaSSD3UcX1mwLIPzEziaJtKF4DKvEvxeeEbc3bfWAzSsJf7MzSmTXWFIswgKa2Fe-3bGsdPxWSMsn4gQ9/s1600/webFS7E4482.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700728400739823586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HRT55Rx0bSrzGmZXRSRIRj6azrO8dCyYxrDYLL9soqWckCTls6gtLw5pDLXWaSSD3UcX1mwLIPzEziaJtKF4DKvEvxeeEbc3bfWAzSsJf7MzSmTXWFIswgKa2Fe-3bGsdPxWSMsn4gQ9/s400/webFS7E4482.jpg" /></a> The same bird<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPT9R2kctbJiZQIIB719uuKSX5wq-hHCTQHfne69i4yvIate0TzyTZZlFJ96FQIgUeaMx9HQfmYq2zhVk46AXl2zKubFV_GczsKMVJ0aP4llc40T1xEgyF-ai32Wygg5G0VywgQD3oeR0t/s1600/webFS7E4703.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 386px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700728396620398002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPT9R2kctbJiZQIIB719uuKSX5wq-hHCTQHfne69i4yvIate0TzyTZZlFJ96FQIgUeaMx9HQfmYq2zhVk46AXl2zKubFV_GczsKMVJ0aP4llc40T1xEgyF-ai32Wygg5G0VywgQD3oeR0t/s400/webFS7E4703.jpg" /></a> A different adult <em>glaucoides<br /></em><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560670859912460028.post-2899509480945222792012-01-15T22:13:00.001-08:002012-01-15T22:42:52.211-08:00Shades of pale: another Kumlien's, plus lots more Glaucous and Iceland Gulls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtuKPkMYCdvJz3EZxxFfZDLpyL8PMeZ65q0ZAQcrz1kIvCth1sfBrNS47ltazRayKVm5z8uw-5_HpkbxG74HQwxxYSBf_Kfc29vokRLTGvWdVbSL5Ce36scGN0ZLeSW6w187yOCQeP__a/s1600/webFS7E2060.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698115700970044322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtuKPkMYCdvJz3EZxxFfZDLpyL8PMeZ65q0ZAQcrz1kIvCth1sfBrNS47ltazRayKVm5z8uw-5_HpkbxG74HQwxxYSBf_Kfc29vokRLTGvWdVbSL5Ce36scGN0ZLeSW6w187yOCQeP__a/s400/webFS7E2060.jpg" /></a> <br /><div>Another superb weekend of gulling. All day Saturday and all day Sunday at Peterhead and Fraserburgh produced 19 white winged gulls - 8 Glaucous, 10 Iceland and a new Kumlien's. The total is remarkably similar to the number of loaves of bread used getting these photos...</div><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698111445305794850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxrc_9nQ3N0ZI1MoDF-fPX_Tb0NirfSiXxICl7o3oD0KHWNXFt2ztsgG25t6OlD2MBsUygO_kyVxJxpPE2_zvsEXhUBlZEDAqZAoDQocY_wNc1MI4FqRTLm4PU7dKBhWqfeNFFkgunnMb/s400/webFS7E3582.jpg" /> <br /><div>A melee<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3i53WPw16NIEgOA_CfvYsJ438TM0LLjYGbpKBLE1giXrPHzKE8mnAEnTu4l-9SRKUSacVlG53vtmjAnR58iMdCDgxZWVgEeXJAVXLnGVd8bo9dUAtCVyxjpNGH51oLfH4gKOkIeW-LlOq/s1600/webFS7E3624.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 337px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698111170682449394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3i53WPw16NIEgOA_CfvYsJ438TM0LLjYGbpKBLE1giXrPHzKE8mnAEnTu4l-9SRKUSacVlG53vtmjAnR58iMdCDgxZWVgEeXJAVXLnGVd8bo9dUAtCVyxjpNGH51oLfH4gKOkIeW-LlOq/s400/webFS7E3624.jpg" /></a> 3w Kumlien's, found by Paul Baxter and myself on saturday. A real beauty<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9DgvwRKvl7hhyR1WlYyPw49RjJ00tkgnnlKlnps4TdtAXcB_uAzHJAXGfgsFdRuK4KW8i5lIVzh-Ig3Q9jyT71T5tqEM4zgl__f3AlQchL-UTiYrmg0wBVGdjEnVg_PW6-potIXc5pFv/s1600/webFS7E3438.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 292px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698111158670634978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9DgvwRKvl7hhyR1WlYyPw49RjJ00tkgnnlKlnps4TdtAXcB_uAzHJAXGfgsFdRuK4KW8i5lIVzh-Ig3Q9jyT71T5tqEM4zgl__f3AlQchL-UTiYrmg0wBVGdjEnVg_PW6-potIXc5pFv/s400/webFS7E3438.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mSsCEH_Qjpb33vziWxNAA0Lwqt-n5P3f-jCXMrnTeShcMAN_dQn56iZ0bS8XOoOyf5_JDQ3sKqv14QTvAqWU1a0k-tbb2McMWaxJTK7eQd9N8WDwK98Ugb7-hao2ymajO0Z47G1VkP92/s1600/webFS7E3323.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 312px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698111158957085506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mSsCEH_Qjpb33vziWxNAA0Lwqt-n5P3f-jCXMrnTeShcMAN_dQn56iZ0bS8XOoOyf5_JDQ3sKqv14QTvAqWU1a0k-tbb2McMWaxJTK7eQd9N8WDwK98Ugb7-hao2ymajO0Z47G1VkP92/s400/webFS7E3323.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHf7-a1xl1nbLrp2Bch1-c8HscAEdjDKoXRYWt5RoWPIogrkH2mfxq52ABEmoz4inHk6OmpyN4eBVHjgLabOY2zBYFwVYT9unmCUEDz1qtUxTs26FvklvjLMvyp33QNhtK3AaUwUROCkp/s1600/webFS7E3306.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 353px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698110894735104786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHf7-a1xl1nbLrp2Bch1-c8HscAEdjDKoXRYWt5RoWPIogrkH2mfxq52ABEmoz4inHk6OmpyN4eBVHjgLabOY2zBYFwVYT9unmCUEDz1qtUxTs26FvklvjLMvyp33QNhtK3AaUwUROCkp/s400/webFS7E3306.jpg" /></a> The pattern is beginning to 'ghost' that shown by ads, with a large mirror on p10</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8kQp7xAbp4IsGBtPBNRsFNgCTsPzHbXFhhOmwwUJI6Vp-6tdWH1D8LObYUEAFFHqcWxgRZALzzdqYC0VR0S5x4-PpSQ78sJDZi6K9NkPrzSTqyGsGFXntfYSgygDOW8rA_bAa61jAMLW/s1600/webFS7E3184.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698110871628079346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8kQp7xAbp4IsGBtPBNRsFNgCTsPzHbXFhhOmwwUJI6Vp-6tdWH1D8LObYUEAFFHqcWxgRZALzzdqYC0VR0S5x4-PpSQ78sJDZi6K9NkPrzSTqyGsGFXntfYSgygDOW8rA_bAa61jAMLW/s400/webFS7E3184.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQh1G2sixVDXTY55COODjqvp4D9Y7dxaqiA19jCXLp8M7BGxM7YjTn8lS8olT_QErzDHkNmsXBaJLhNeNz7fkoB6x3UzQHxq5a8dFQnOcwaQ4-yX5_vJcrKIQN50RvGjvn6MUfDQROJ9X/s1600/webFS7E3599.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 334px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698110867468507634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQh1G2sixVDXTY55COODjqvp4D9Y7dxaqiA19jCXLp8M7BGxM7YjTn8lS8olT_QErzDHkNmsXBaJLhNeNz7fkoB6x3UzQHxq5a8dFQnOcwaQ4-yX5_vJcrKIQN50RvGjvn6MUfDQROJ9X/s400/webFS7E3599.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1628Ev_e-NhcV_QPaDxKbPFm0Dj10xoiUt8Gyr0xhgHd13qBGny3hYPc0h-nrO_0-znRjtVhyphenhyphennAm7mP9f_ICZ_GlV8V7fiAqTCkvUuwGsSmsamKcVyt6EH-TrzeKwlNoUOlARZ4OKF25Q/s1600/webFS7E2940.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 328px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698110409014987218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1628Ev_e-NhcV_QPaDxKbPFm0Dj10xoiUt8Gyr0xhgHd13qBGny3hYPc0h-nrO_0-znRjtVhyphenhyphennAm7mP9f_ICZ_GlV8V7fiAqTCkvUuwGsSmsamKcVyt6EH-TrzeKwlNoUOlARZ4OKF25Q/s400/webFS7E2940.jpg" /></a> The kumlien's was supported by a cast of Iceland and Glaucous, including this lovely ad Iceland<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qAvwUAwODilnZGtsR13xRsqtc6AjdayfH_wq_wU6gvdH0gJPHRV6tR4RwVhi9wnBQ-AUz8yQvVT5DNqRP8F30tA2YbGnNybPFrdH6fWCSl90g4sz4r2aKDUElNd-6UfEE8PjMWF50xA1/s1600/webFS7E2932.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 263px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698110399307193074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qAvwUAwODilnZGtsR13xRsqtc6AjdayfH_wq_wU6gvdH0gJPHRV6tR4RwVhi9wnBQ-AUz8yQvVT5DNqRP8F30tA2YbGnNybPFrdH6fWCSl90g4sz4r2aKDUElNd-6UfEE8PjMWF50xA1/s400/webFS7E2932.jpg" /></a> ad Iceland<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI262e4LHxmF9AIytIsm8lqLu6UcyAYjKfT0eBa6KtlvNr2QJuz_hsaBRWPasabZnqkTlWeKARyHjSzOuKog1gOT36WC3FQq8ASLeav-SZlc_eCViFKHzkP__yDc8amNWX29TuO0Femiq/s1600/webFS7E2815.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698110388877442402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI262e4LHxmF9AIytIsm8lqLu6UcyAYjKfT0eBa6KtlvNr2QJuz_hsaBRWPasabZnqkTlWeKARyHjSzOuKog1gOT36WC3FQq8ASLeav-SZlc_eCViFKHzkP__yDc8amNWX29TuO0Femiq/s400/webFS7E2815.jpg" /></a> ad Iceland<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBTUoSUAQFCFRbkwJ-uob-uKw53vjZuiGDBKr9iomCClnmk06nlXcOeSIj6YE6qCXr_bJ-mAn9fZat64L2ZlWEFIf910DXq6BWXrLE0nWtMgODUYYuPCsQawtTn7XMd8oJXZ7qAxrjLKI/s1600/webFS7E1685.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 332px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698110380575019186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBTUoSUAQFCFRbkwJ-uob-uKw53vjZuiGDBKr9iomCClnmk06nlXcOeSIj6YE6qCXr_bJ-mAn9fZat64L2ZlWEFIf910DXq6BWXrLE0nWtMgODUYYuPCsQawtTn7XMd8oJXZ7qAxrjLKI/s400/webFS7E1685.jpg" /></a> ad Iceland<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJeKIH34akwyh_8DbJhrugvTs_RwMBvjanUq8-jc0tAxZ0tqrAdWRWrs9G7_haN23WzNFl5vMrMJkhNYg84LGdvIq5B79V_nDmi1_4n63rMQBbmGOlPCH_F7u3o_Zeadhu517dV3zMACf/s1600/webFS7E2715.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698110375953053698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJeKIH34akwyh_8DbJhrugvTs_RwMBvjanUq8-jc0tAxZ0tqrAdWRWrs9G7_haN23WzNFl5vMrMJkhNYg84LGdvIq5B79V_nDmi1_4n63rMQBbmGOlPCH_F7u3o_Zeadhu517dV3zMACf/s400/webFS7E2715.jpg" /></a> 3w Iceland<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbke95attD9sgM3uRySnxo4GeJ3rKfng1HqvZQKBss0OFps4Ovu7EK-YuInwHf_4bxzwDTmCSFJ_YonO1kNNRTF2_Qp0-H6e1hjHJ982Uo_FoSG-laJ0LVdOw-K7g3O5To6Jn-X2mJ8ju/s1600/webfrazdkperched.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 308px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698109997312044242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbke95attD9sgM3uRySnxo4GeJ3rKfng1HqvZQKBss0OFps4Ovu7EK-YuInwHf_4bxzwDTmCSFJ_YonO1kNNRTF2_Qp0-H6e1hjHJ982Uo_FoSG-laJ0LVdOw-K7g3O5To6Jn-X2mJ8ju/s400/webfrazdkperched.jpg" /></a> 2w Iceland - a darkish bird with some stippling in primaries<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIJGkV1V3SvqIkv-rKK9i5C5LoEyfRHZ-jSRitTL-PsEGkIBK5cZhPw07f0yzy3eU0B-N_uE5EKvZEfx-rMOQ5CcAoocQ4moD7tu8kuPTgoDu5wHtcv8D7_ECgydobzXzdcY87CU-9Nky/s1600/webFrazdkFS7E2284.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 360px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698109983381163538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIJGkV1V3SvqIkv-rKK9i5C5LoEyfRHZ-jSRitTL-PsEGkIBK5cZhPw07f0yzy3eU0B-N_uE5EKvZEfx-rMOQ5CcAoocQ4moD7tu8kuPTgoDu5wHtcv8D7_ECgydobzXzdcY87CU-9Nky/s400/webFrazdkFS7E2284.jpg" /></a> 2w Iceland - the same bird as above. Although stippled, the pattern of pale and dark in the primaries is all wrong for kum's.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijspqNHqjEHeMj4e_Eq0Qbho6RCJMH0887H9AKSDUo8emBO27uo_bOMhZkZ6A0aLwtUfNCRx4tpft6tnPF3rwZ3rJh_nEFZVoMQiHACq_rC0g5gnEQV0egBbTTdRUoNAb8LKILJIaj65QF/s1600/webFS7E2928.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 287px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698109978700817906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijspqNHqjEHeMj4e_Eq0Qbho6RCJMH0887H9AKSDUo8emBO27uo_bOMhZkZ6A0aLwtUfNCRx4tpft6tnPF3rwZ3rJh_nEFZVoMQiHACq_rC0g5gnEQV0egBbTTdRUoNAb8LKILJIaj65QF/s400/webFS7E2928.jpg" /></a> another 2w Iceland<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2Krhl0Jv67-5o6Q9iy2euNkjpzEqwQYD2CjQQIdbfKYUEpPWFtC-uxmoiCP6d34CILKyVjFPzDtbuApMcSCabf0VjVAHo35S1aLw7uOvErdzd9OQ8CRf_fomyUrj49I2ZtMgsUlesA6n/s1600/ptrhddk13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 368px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698109967534656418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2Krhl0Jv67-5o6Q9iy2euNkjpzEqwQYD2CjQQIdbfKYUEpPWFtC-uxmoiCP6d34CILKyVjFPzDtbuApMcSCabf0VjVAHo35S1aLw7uOvErdzd9OQ8CRf_fomyUrj49I2ZtMgsUlesA6n/s400/ptrhddk13.jpg" /></a> a different dark Iceland - this one from peterhead. Again, though dark, the pattern in the primaries is not correct for identifiable kums.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwpOOYAQGlQATrqufuFVzGaALbzMj6Z54QeNz_8rxZiPJoEQO4cw39T_c24EPCdcdjAoF5v-AhB27GzL5b610lm96LwXwv5KLM3NZVgr0f27EbZ6pWujZyn3EO4uQ1RAD19cpFl2JGr-v/s1600/webptrhddk1b.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 382px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698109965857000162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwpOOYAQGlQATrqufuFVzGaALbzMj6Z54QeNz_8rxZiPJoEQO4cw39T_c24EPCdcdjAoF5v-AhB27GzL5b610lm96LwXwv5KLM3NZVgr0f27EbZ6pWujZyn3EO4uQ1RAD19cpFl2JGr-v/s400/webptrhddk1b.jpg" /></a> Thes same dark 2w from Peterhead<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQi7XadJodS3edWzzx5xPVydNuk6WTHQ4XsvvNUkwBOQTXFBAMKzIR-B6cbFIRGRYCrnAEjPGeCZbJBVVIKBSR5Zm82tJtpd95px9nrV2MqM1wmSCBQxglMtL6C1x8ClXardGZvozySM4/s1600/webFS7E3127.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698109682050577842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQi7XadJodS3edWzzx5xPVydNuk6WTHQ4XsvvNUkwBOQTXFBAMKzIR-B6cbFIRGRYCrnAEjPGeCZbJBVVIKBSR5Zm82tJtpd95px9nrV2MqM1wmSCBQxglMtL6C1x8ClXardGZvozySM4/s400/webFS7E3127.jpg" /></a> A pale 2w Iceland<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFP9cVY3vAhCKWE74R6aWb_SwMvBJYaSlt_B1VxePgJdO97FscU_oezDqKvHbUnZc3QDaduiCjeFpbkCXjattxqWNDP-0yI6moHvr1EGLg45c4rmXYF6OysedAgTx2RpHdRqorMxbkSfes/s1600/webFS7E3681.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 321px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698109678042106162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFP9cVY3vAhCKWE74R6aWb_SwMvBJYaSlt_B1VxePgJdO97FscU_oezDqKvHbUnZc3QDaduiCjeFpbkCXjattxqWNDP-0yI6moHvr1EGLg45c4rmXYF6OysedAgTx2RpHdRqorMxbkSfes/s400/webFS7E3681.jpg" /></a> 1w Iceland. The paler of the two 1w birds present at Peterhead<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfqf5sSVCO25L7_ektqW8tiQF3nzHUePmb8lPi_HvxUtQgktcDbCv3DaM7PObb9wLFb2GtJpC-t44rYKIg-IsS10K6b7nS47BZcFN2hXi4eEWh9qtc-ZXTYvKtE8WtSEM4FuyAepV3PM5/s1600/webFS7E2022.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698109672626024466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfqf5sSVCO25L7_ektqW8tiQF3nzHUePmb8lPi_HvxUtQgktcDbCv3DaM7PObb9wLFb2GtJpC-t44rYKIg-IsS10K6b7nS47BZcFN2hXi4eEWh9qtc-ZXTYvKtE8WtSEM4FuyAepV3PM5/s400/webFS7E2022.jpg" /></a> 1w Glaucous - this one has been around for a week<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqWsE3qIoSOU7jt-6hB4cRbVMOIIOc6rZ6FCe0LA-pCpV4NMUFW-Q0VHsduHtlizKEzRBn5zBfU64t7tjKJSxyBHZBySKvXayRcKxV2Nk_N-3GPYTjI2jJX_jJTn__EWoWDZc-hR1fBKW/s1600/webFS7E3806.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 388px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698109657893479362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqWsE3qIoSOU7jt-6hB4cRbVMOIIOc6rZ6FCe0LA-pCpV4NMUFW-Q0VHsduHtlizKEzRBn5zBfU64t7tjKJSxyBHZBySKvXayRcKxV2Nk_N-3GPYTjI2jJX_jJTn__EWoWDZc-hR1fBKW/s400/webFS7E3806.jpg" /></a> 2w Glaucous - another bird that has been around for a while<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hKP0iAM2MkMp5-xmcgdhKuZaZPVG_Q2i-PHFoqeSPdclxh3q2kq6RtzqAb5hPc63VJpIHxrk7h-nUo930URG7VT7r6gnXfSg7AplzGc4aJ3K8srV3Iguz-O9R-oBL9A1n3l9lsyy-HHA/s1600/webFS7E3831.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 387px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698109653168179186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hKP0iAM2MkMp5-xmcgdhKuZaZPVG_Q2i-PHFoqeSPdclxh3q2kq6RtzqAb5hPc63VJpIHxrk7h-nUo930URG7VT7r6gnXfSg7AplzGc4aJ3K8srV3Iguz-O9R-oBL9A1n3l9lsyy-HHA/s400/webFS7E3831.jpg" /></a> 2 w Glaucous - the same bird as above.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Chris Gibbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07069443604998118043noreply@blogger.com2