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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