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Aug 10, 2012 16:25 |  #1

I'm not sure what this species is, my best guess is a Fulmar, but I could be wrong. If anyone can enlighten me I will be grateful.

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Aug 10, 2012 17:40 |  #2

It doesn't look like a Fulmar, it could be a Caspian Gull.


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Aug 10, 2012 17:45 as a reply to  @ Joe52's post |  #3

Don't know what it is, but that's a fine photo of it.


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Aug 10, 2012 18:34 |  #4

It's definitely not a fulmar. Fulmars have a tubular nasal passage that attaches to the upper bill. This bird has nasal openings on the side of the bill and is pretty clearly a juvenile gull. Joe52's guess of a Caspian gull may be correct or it might be a juvenile of the closely related herring gull. Both of these guesses assume that this is a large gull.

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Aug 10, 2012 18:53 |  #5

Looks like it could be a Great black-backed Gull


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Aug 10, 2012 19:27 |  #6

nice shot, looks like a gull to me (no idea which one)




  
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Aug 11, 2012 03:58 as a reply to  @ rick_reno's post |  #7

Thanks to all for your response. It looks like it's a gull of some sort, I will check out the various suggestions.


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Aug 11, 2012 10:26 as a reply to  @ Pixels's post |  #8

Its a young Great black backed Gull




  
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Aug 11, 2012 10:50 |  #9

vireo wrote in post #14844177 (external link)
Its a young Great black backed Gull

Thanks for that Vireo.


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