Larus fuscus fuscus 3cy C3A4, July 11-16 2003, Tampere, Finland (61.33N 24.59E).
C3A4 was ringed in Pälkän, Finland (61.36N
24.31E); ringed as pullus on June 25 2001.
Recorded
at Tampere:
2001-08-14,
2003-05-14,
2003-05-15, 2003-05-17, 2003-05-18, 2003-05-20, 2003-05-25, 2003-05-28,
2003-05-29, 2003-06-03, 2003-06-07, 2003-06-14, 2003-06-16, 2003-06-17,
2003-06-18, 2003-06-22, 2003-06-29, 2003-07-01, 2003-07-02, 2003-07-05,
2003-07-06, 2003-07-09, 2003-07-11,
2003-07-12,
2003-07-15, 2003-07-16, 2003-07-21, 2003-07-23, 2003-07-24, 2003-07-26,
2003-07-30, 2003-07-31, 2003-08-02.
After August 02 2003, it wasn't seen again at Tampere dump despite many
visits and may have moved further south from that date on.
Larus fuscus fuscus in 2cy often returns
with completely replaced primaries and secondaries. In 3cy, fuscus more
often shows a clear division between fresh inner primaries and older outer
primaries, the inner primaries often showing neat white tips and the outer
primaries often second generation-like with rounded tips and paler bleached
brown. The arrested moult in the primaries is often reflected in the secondaries
and (to a less extend) in the tail-feathers as well. The older tail-feathers
(often R5 is older) still show a broad dark sub-terminal band.
3cy fuscus often have some black markings on the bill, which is otherwise
much adult-like, with a clear red gonydeal spot. The colour of the naked parts
are adult-like as well.
The scapulars in 3cy are often completely adult-like, lacking internal patterns;
plain blackish grey with a mahogany hue on the older feathers. Most wing-coverts
and tertials are adult-like blackish grey as well, but often 3cy birds show some
very bleached pale brown wing-coverts, normally in the greater covert bar and in
the upper rows of the lesser coverts. These bleached wing-coverts accentuate the
jumpy sequence in the last wing-covert moult cycles, as there is often no clear
pattern in location of these bleached feathers. Head and body feathers normally
are snow-white by July.
C3A4 was ringed as pullus at Palkan, Finland on June 25 2001, now in 3cy. Prior to northbound migration, primary moult was arrested at P8. By July, all primaries are still present, with a division between the new inner 8 primaries and the older 2 outer primaries. All secondaries and all rectrices were included in the moult cycles on the wintering grounds, now all 3rd generation. In general this individual looks much adult-like.
See also:
C2A5, another 3cy fuscus present
on Tampere dump in July 2003, ringed on the same location and same
date.
C2A8, another 3cy fuscus present
on Tampere dump in July 2003, probably ringed on the same location and same
date.