tirsdag 14. oktober 2014

1cy Caspian Gull, Øra, Fredrikstad 10th of october

This nice 1cy caspian gull was found by Asgeir Lar(u)sen just after noon at Øra, Fredrikstad the 10th of october. I left work for 20 minutes just to get some pictures of it. Please keep it a secret...

Maybe not the most classical greater coverts and inner primaries, and the bird exhibits something near maximum head streaking, but otherwise a nice caspian and the jizz simply screamed out caspian gull! Examples are the "albatross posture" adopted during (frequent) long calls and the typical aggressive antisocial/sociopatic behaviour. I think the pictures show the species characteristics pretty well...

This is the third caspian gull Asgeir has found this year, making him (I believe) the number one caspian hunter of Norway for 2014. I bet he will find more...

All pictures by SEN. Taken through dense netting which explains the ghostly blurry portions of most /all pictures...Click for larger versions
























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