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28-01-2011, 08:54 PM
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| | | Black headed gulls on the change
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28-01-2011, 09:26 PM
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I think they're much better once they get their hood, roll on summer!  |
29-01-2011, 09:48 AM
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| | | Re: Black headed gulls on the change
have seen a few of the local wintering Black headed Gull in recent weeks starting to change gradually into spring plumage  also saw Snowdrops mid week in a local church yard starting to make an appearance and a Song Thrush in full song.
Also looking forward to spring this year after what seems like a very long and mostly overcast winter and for the better light with which to try and get some decent pics. Hopefully it is just around the corner but we normally get a last blast of snow in mid Feb here. |
29-01-2011, 07:21 PM
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i cant wait either , at least there easier to spot and ID.
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I have to confess that I am still totally puzzled as to why these birds are so named. After all, they NEVER have black heads!!!! Isn`t ornithology wierd at times? Great fun though! |
04-02-2011, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by actionfinch  i cant wait either , at least there easier to spot and ID. | Except when you're looking out for Med Gulls  |
04-02-2011, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by kestrel76 I have to confess that I am still totally puzzled as to why these birds are so named. After all, they NEVER have black heads!!!! Isn`t ornithology wierd at times? Great fun though! | I guess seeing as Brown-headed Gull was already taken they had to settle for the next nearest colour |
04-02-2011, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by htcdude I guess seeing as Brown-headed Gull was already taken they had to settle for the next nearest colour | Yes, I guess thats a fair point. I still think that this is one of those oddities in our wonderful world of birdwatching though. Especially if you consider it`s latin (or scientific) name - Larus Ridibundus which actually means Laughing Gull! |
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Originally Posted by kestrel76 Yes, I guess thats a fair point. I still think that this is one of those oddities in our wonderful world of birdwatching though. Especially if you consider it`s latin (or scientific) name - Larus Ridibundus which actually means Laughing Gull! | And it's scientific name has recently changed (though doesn't alter the point you were making!) just for completeness + is now placed in the genus Chroicocephalus along with Slender-billed + North American Bonaparte's Gull that occasionally occurs here as a vagrant.
Larus melanocephalus should be the black headed gull but in English is the Mediterranean Gull. | | |
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