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Monday, 2 January 2012
Gower today
Record shots taken today of the Glaucous [Iceland] Gull at Nicholaston Pill and Tree Sparrow at Newton Farm feeding station.
The white-winged gull pictured looks very much like an Iceland Gull and not Glaucous Gull. The overll size compared to Herring looks good for IG, although some GG are smallish. The face looks placid and friendly and not at all like GG, which looks stern/aggresive. The bill for the age of this individual, would clearly show a two-toned apprearance as per GG, not the small, nearly all dark bill, as this individual shows. Comments?
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The white-winged gull pictured looks very much like an Iceland Gull and not Glaucous Gull. The overll size compared to Herring looks good for IG, although some GG are smallish. The face looks placid and friendly and not at all like GG, which looks stern/aggresive. The bill for the age of this individual, would clearly show a two-toned apprearance as per GG, not the small, nearly all dark bill, as this individual shows.
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