ML24012241
Herring/Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus argentatus/fuscus
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Any reviewers combing through the library please feel free to give me your take on this bird. http://ebird.org/ebird/edit/checklist?subID=S27301515 My email- mpendl10@gmail.com
Observation details
This gull gave me fits. It looks really good for just a 1st cycle Lesser Black-backed but the bill and bill end look very big to me. In comparison to the Herring it looks bigger or at the very least as big. Half the time I see a Lesser Black-backed I think it looks almost as big or as big as a Herring which always bugs me since the books say they are the size of a California. I considered Western Gull as well, given the size and the bill feel like they fit really well, but I haven't heard of a Western having this much white on the head. I now think it is possible that I'm over thinking this gull which is complicating a possible confident ID. Maybe I'll just give it up and call it a hybrid, just kidding but maybe. Any thoughts or help on this bird are welcome.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 60D
- Lens
- 200-500mm
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimensions
- 3642 pixels x 2428 pixels
- Original file size
- 5.08 MB