Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii & intermedius)

(last update: May 17 2015)

(2 images) LBBG 1cy NOS 411xxxxAugust 28 2003 IJmuiden, the Netherlands.

An average 1cy individual, ringed in Norway. The complete scapular and mantle region is still first generation, but already, some upper scapulars have been shed and soon new 2nd generation feathers will grow in.