cobal Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvoryBillHope Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 1,2. Black-tailed Godwit 3. Black-winged Stilt in front, Spotted Redshank behind 4. Gull sp., pass for now 5, 6. I think European Stonechat for both 7. Iberian Gray Shrike 8. Little Grebe 9. European Stonechat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk01 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 1-2. Black-tailed Godwit 3. Black-winged Stilt and one of the two redshanks 4. Ring-billed Gull 5-6. European Stonechat 7. Iberian Gray Shrike 8. Little Grebe 9. European Stonechat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvoryBillHope Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 30 minutes ago, Nighthawk01 said: 1-2. Black-tailed Godwit 3. Black-winged Stilt and one of the two redshanks 4. Ring-billed Gull 5-6. European Stonechat 7. Iberian Gray Shrike 8. Little Grebe 9. European Stonechat Can you share how you identified #4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk01 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 From the options of gulls in the area I viewed, Ring-billed looked the most similar, articulately with the black on the bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvoryBillHope Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Yeah I wasn't sure how prevalent Ring-billed was in Europe and I passed on that one since I didn't have access to my European guide at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk01 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I used Merlin to help narrow down the options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 10/9/2018 at 7:09 AM, cobal said: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 @cobal I know I’m bumping a 2 year old post, but I know you are still around, so I would like to make a correction. The gull is definitely not a ring-billed. They are rare visitors to Portugal, and the proportions are wrong. Any experienced North American birder could tell you that. This is one of the larger gulls. I’m not experienced with immatures of the European gulls, but I’m pretty sure this is Yellow-legged. The other option would be Lesser-black Backed. Date and location would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Agreed. Not a Ring-billed Gull. Not a LBBG either. Look at the mantle and that blunt-tipped bill. Structure too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobal Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Taken 10-9-2018 Castro Marim, Portugal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Leukering Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Gull is certainly too dark-mantled and has a tertial crescent too large and too well-defined for Ring-billed. I don't know Yellow-legged at all, but it and Lesser Black-backed are the only good options there for a bird that looks like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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