Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens), 4cy, 27.11.2009, Aarhus Harbor, Denmark

This Glaucous-winged Gull was found and identified straight away by the great local birder Rune Sø Neergaard. It is the first Glaucous-winged Gull for Scandinavia and only the 5th record in Western Palearctic.

Note that most of my photos in this post are underexposed making the outer primary pattern in the flying bird appear darker than the bird originally was. For more well exposed photos of the same bird in the almost same minutes please have a look here, here, here and here.

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus), 4cy, 28.11.2009, Aarhus Harbor

Arten er en lokal sjældenhed i Østjylland, hvor den dog efterhånden ses med større regelmæssighed. Det er formentlig samme individ, som de sidste to vintre er set i Århus Centralhavn som hhv. 2K, 3K og tidligere på året som 4K. Fuglen har hver vinter de samme rytmer med at flyve ind over byen, besøge pølsevognen ved Århus Domkirke og ellers frekventere molerne i centralhavnen i selskab med Hættemågerne

Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans), ad, 9.11.2009, Følle Bund, Rønde

This Caspian Gull has relative slender and long bill without pronounced gonys angle, small darkish eye situated closer to the flat forehead than in argentatus, distinctive head shape with angled profile, relative small white apical spots on exposed primaries and it has a cachinnans-like jizz with small head, flat back and long slim elongated rear. Additionally the upperparts are slightly darker than nearby argentatus.










Kaspisk Måge - Larus cachinnans - Caspian Gull