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Larus cachinnans 1P35 adult, May 2013; Wytyckie Lake, July 2013, Stara Wies landfill & April 2014, Łęczna landfill, Poland. Picture: Łukasz Bednarz ringing team. Please visit Łukasz's BLOG for beautiful drawings and up-to-date gull news from eastern Poland: Wildlife art and illustration For 2012, breeding location of 150 pairs cachinnans, of which 54 adults ringed and 158 pulli in 2012 (pers comm. Łukasz Bednarz). below: Larus cachinnans 1P35 adult, May 15 2013, Wytyckie Lake - Urszulin, Poland. Picture: Łukasz Bednarz ringing team. Breeding bird trapped at the nest. Adult, with dense speckling in iris. Red orbital ring and gape. No red on upper mandible; black on the upper and black on the lower mandible. Pink legs with yellow hue.
below: Larus cachinnans 1P35 adult, July 22 2013, Stara Wies landfill, Poland. Picture: Łukasz Bednarz ringing team. Smaller pupil makes eye paler, and black on the bill disappeared over summer.
below: Larus cachinnans 1P35 adult, April 17 2014, Łęczna landfill, Poland. Picture: Łukasz Bednarz. Please visit Łukasz's BLOG for beautiful drawings and up-to-date gull news from eastern Poland: Wildlife art and illustration Caspian Gull from the Wytyckie Lake, here at the landfill near Łęczna. |