Hi All,
Thanks to Jeff D and Tony K for feedback. Having opened a few books this
morning I too am now more convinced that it is a Kelp Gull.
Any large gull in the northern half of Australia is a rarity so congrats
to Ben Weston on the find and many thanks to Bill and Jack Moorhead for
following up and documenting the bird with such a nice range of images.
Cheers,
Rohan
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Rohan Clarke
www.wildlifeimages.com.au
Highlights the value of documenting and reporting any strange gull.On
15/01/2011 1:36 AM, Jeff Davies wrote:
Looks like a trashy example of a second summer Kelp Gull to me. Cheers jeff.
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Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Gladstone gull
Hi all,
Really doesn't say LBBG to me - the legs are usually lighter and with at
least a touch of pink in sub-adults, there is usually some streaking about the
head and neck in northern winter plumages, plus the bill looks all wrong as
well as the overall impression of the bird. Also, the primary projection is
well past the tail tip, which also doesn't fit and the tail band is darker than
what you would often expect for LBBG at that age. I'm not convinced by Kelp
Gull either as the rump is very white and the tail bar is a bit too neatly
defined. However, it looks quite a bit larger than the Silver Gulls, whereas
BTG would be not too much larger. The grey legs also would fit with Kelp Gull.
However, I've been very wrong with gulls in the past...
Cheers!
Tony
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