Yes, the Laughing Gull on Simon's website is a first winter Laughing Gull (at a
first glance the upperparts almost look like in a second winter, but there are
still some juvenile coverts indicating that it is a first winter), the dark
grey back and sides of the neck and flanks are another indicator (see also
Andrew's comment), not only length and heaviness of the bill but also its
drooping tip are characteristic. I miss their great call!
On the other side I am not happy with Darryel Binns' photo of the Black-headed
Gull, which shows an unusually thick bill and lacks the characteristic head
pattern. Marc Gardner's Black-headed Gull looks better, although at this angle
it almost looks like a Slender-billed Gull.
Cheers,
Nikolas
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Nikolas Haass
Sydney, NSW
----- Original Message ----
From: Tom Tarrant <>
To: Simon Mustoe <>
Cc:
Sent: Mon, January 18, 2010 9:11:43 PM
Subject: Laughing Gull, Lord Howe
Are we certain that this is a Laughing Gull? I'm no expert but it looks very
dark and deeper-billed to others that I've seen.
Would welcome the views of others more knowledgeable.....
Tom
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Simon Mustoe <>wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just popped a photo of the laughing gull up on http://www.bird-o.com/,
> kindly provided by Madelaine Rudder, c/o Ashwin Rudder.
>
> If anyone has images of rarities or links to pages they have uploaded
> rarity images elsewhere e.g. on your blog, pbase, Eremaea etc., please let
> us know so we can link to them.
>
> We're still missing the poss semi-p.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Simon.
>
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