tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891403197049817523.post3921873555407833004..comments2024-03-13T21:11:19.073+00:00Comments on Yoav Perlman - birding, science, conservation, photography: Russian Common Gull, Ashdod, 6/1/10Yoav Perlmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00573947203380265081noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891403197049817523.post-17019259866777635502013-02-25T19:56:27.037+00:002013-02-25T19:56:27.037+00:00gambling is on. gambling is on. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094890161731454558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891403197049817523.post-66603610486000956942013-02-25T18:42:09.343+00:002013-02-25T18:42:09.343+00:00I go for possibility AI go for possibility AYoav Perlmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573947203380265081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891403197049817523.post-77737122566927557912013-02-23T07:10:32.032+00:002013-02-23T07:10:32.032+00:00On Olsen & Larsson "GullS" 2003, pag...On Olsen & Larsson "GullS" 2003, page 80, photo number 60 - a very similar looking bird: <br /><br />Note black goes all the way to PC on p10,p9 and p 8, as well as the prominent black band on p5. The photo is from Denmark. <br /><br />One of the two: Olssen (his photo) misidentified heinei or the identification of the two remains difficult/nearly impossible in the field. <br /><br />Barak<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094890161731454558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891403197049817523.post-58669150442682372682013-02-14T23:13:56.532+00:002013-02-14T23:13:56.532+00:00I found a Common Gull in Kuwait... a first-winter ...I found a Common Gull in Kuwait... a first-winter but no flight shots as only a digiscoper in those days (Jan 2008) and heavily worn (dropped tertials and worn coverts), clean flanks and no tail/uppertail-coverts/rump markings noted. Photos here http://www.freewebs.com/richbonser/kuwaitjanuary2008.htm but doesn't look anything like a distinctive heinei would.RBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818526650971120952noreply@blogger.com