Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Feb 7-12+: ICELAND GULL in Penticton


This adult ICELAND GULL (possibly of the nominate glaucoides subspecies?), was found by Laure Neish on the morning of Feb 7.

Comments on subspecies welcome.

This bird was hanging out with the main Penticton Gull flock along Okanagan Beach (near "The Peach" concession stand at the east end of Lakeshore Drive).
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2 comments:

  1. Dianne C., Humano-gaianFebruary 7, 2012 at 9:26 PM

    Good eye, Laure.

    Is that the same as this one?

    http://flic.kr/p/bqmki4

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  2. Russell CanningsFebruary 8, 2012 at 10:00 AM

    Hi Dianne,

    Nice photo-- to me the bird you linked is a 1st-cycle Kumlien's (the Canadian form of the Iceland Gull) or perhaps a cross between Kumlien's and the nominate glaucoides race (which breeds in Greenland). The brownish wash to the primaries is not present in the nominate subspecies... as far as I know.

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