For the time being, I will leave the photo of the Black-headed Gull on the site
but query it. I hate trying to identify from poor photos, particularly at odd
angles...and for what is essentially an easy bird to tell from Silver Gull,
normally.
Darryel - if you are reading this, did you get any other shots?
Regards,
Simon.
> From:
> To: ;
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Black-headed Gull ID
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:12:51 +0000
> CC:
>
>
> Nikolas,
>
> My initial thoughts were the same but I would still err towards Black-headed
> Gull. The heavily bicoloured bill, total lack of white in the primaries and
> thick black tail band are good features. The angle's not good though...a shot
> that shows the wing open is much easier, as in Marc's.
>
> !!Though I am happy to be corrected...please do!
>
> I am going to be amongst loads of winter plumage Black-headed Gulls in a day
> or two. I will take loads of photos and put up some information on the
> species for some direct comparison. For now, here is the current Silver Gull
> page on Wildiaries: http://aussiebirding.wildiaries.com/species/19586 which
> shows a reasonable range of plumages.
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon.
>
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:30:28 -0800
> > From:
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Laughing Gull, Lord Howe, Black-headed Gull
> > comment
> > To: ;
> > CC:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > ----------------
> > Nikolas Haass
> >
> > Sydney, NSW
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Tom Tarrant <>
> > To: Simon Mustoe <>
> > Cc:
> > Sent: Mon, January 18, 2010 9:11:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] 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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