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This is the smallest and the least common of the 3 types of Gulls you find in the Falklands. We saw them only on Saunders Island. Certainly among the prettiest gulls I have ever seen, although I think that the Sabine Gull remains my prefered one.
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Herring Gull - Larus argentatus.
Sparkling clean after a good 'wash and brush up'!
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#140 Taken at the foot of Cardero Street near Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada by David.
A bit late to the party with this posting, but seeing this rare bird in such excellent weather was a fantastic experience.
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus (Larus) ridibundus).
Sevastopol, Crimea, RF, Black Sea.
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in a winter plumage. A flock of noisy Black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) landed on the river when a passer-by started feeding resident swans. They didn’t stay for long though.
In the past the scientific name of this species was Larus ridibundus. Larus in Latin ‘larus’ or in Ancient Greek ‘laros’ apparently meaning “gull” or “seabird”. The epithet ‘ridibundus’ means in Latin “laughing lot” referring to its characteristic call resembling laugh, and a noisy behaviour of the flock. 20 years ago, all black-headed species moved to a separate genus ”Chroicocephalus”. This name is an amalgamation of two Ancient Greek words ‘khroizo’, “to colour", and ‘kephale’, "head”, i.e. ‘colour-headed’ – makes more sense… in summer, when they are in a breeding plumage. In winter months their heads mainly white with few dark streaks and spots. The river Avon’s riverside, Bath, BANES, England UK.
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Taken at Newmillerdam. I think this is a black-headed gull in its winter colours though I may be wrong.
Red-billed Gull is endemic to New Zealand and the most common Gull. Other names: silver gull, tarāpunga, tarapunga, akiaki
Der Ruf der Lachmöve erinnert an ein spöttisches Lachen und der deutsche Name stammt von der wörtlichen Übersetzung aus dem Lateinischen. Sie trägt ihr »Prachtkleid« mit dem schwarzbraunen Kopf nur von März bis Juli und ist die kleinste Möwe in Mitteleuropa.
♪ Sound clip (Hörprobe): www.vogelstimmen.info/Vogelstimmen_GRATIS/Lachmoewe_Larus...
While going through some old trip photos, I came across this one of a gull that I took in Cape Town, South Africa a few years back. After searching the available materials, I am pretty sure it is a Hartlaub's Gull. Another to add to my list.
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Not that many years ago, to see a Med' Gull was quite a scarce event, especially this far North. Nowadays, they are scarce but regular breeders. This site, at South Cliff, Scarborough there are nine birds spending their Winter.
Yesterday we went to the park to feed swans and geese. But gulls are much faster than them and have time to eat most of the feed. But I got a few nice seagulls in flight. It's amazing how easily they act as wings as brakes and hang in the air like helicopters.
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Half Moon Bay, CA
Requiem for a sweet little gull. Blown in from the Arctic to Northern California, dazzled a large bunch of birders and photographers for 3 days, and then taken by a Peregrine.
I was taking photos from a great distance, so I geared up to the 1000mm. Then off course the bird flew and was in short order nearly right in front of me. So I just kept tightening the aperture to drink in some detail.