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Gullpix | all galleries >> Galleries >> Caspian Gull - Larus cachinnans > 1cy - 8 August
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08-AUG-2009

1cy - 8 August

Southern point of Öland, Sweden

Note quite pale outer webs on P2-P4 in this individual

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Guest 17-Aug-2009 19:29
As Oskar points out, the outer web on p2-4 are paler than normally expected for a juvenile Caspian Gull. Note however, that the outer web of p4 is not entierly pale, but rather normally dark but with a narrow pale 'window' not creating the same effect seen in p2 & 3. Such pale 'windows' are sometimes seen in both Caspian and Yellow-legged and as a rule in Herring gull, usually situated closer to the tip of the primary, but occasionally along the whole web.

JanJ