Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Herring Gull

Larophiles may be interested in a recent thread and images on Surfbirds regarding a Herring Gull (sp) 3rd-winter showing some mixed characters of argenteus/smithsonianus with the conclusion erring toward argenteus with a very well defined tail band. Thread can be found here.

Herring Gull

Herring Gull, L.a.argenteus
24 July 2009 Saint Guenole, Brittany, France
courtesy Tomas Carlberg (Sweden)