Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Coordinators:
Jean-Michel Sauvage (France)
Mars Muusse (the Netherlands)

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Herring Gull plumages:

HG 1cy July
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HG 1cy September
HG 1cy October
HG 1cy November
HG 1cy December

HG 2cy January
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HG 2cy November
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HG 3cy November
HG 3cy December

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Herring Gull (argenteus) A.1 adult, May & September 2015, Katwijk, the Netherlands. Picture: Merijn Loeve & Mars Muusse.

Female Herring Gull, ringed as rooftop breeding adult in municipality Katwijk. Ringed by ringing team Roland-Jan Buijs, see BLOG BUIJS (in Dutch).

This is a female fouraging within busy streets with lots of tourists. They are very keen on french fries, icecreams etc and very impressive in their methods; people in the street really feel 'attacked' by the birds. Interestingly, this female finetunes the method with her partner blue AJ. The female informs the male when see notices a sandwich or icecream. When the person is facing away, the male swoops over your back and steels the food, all with a split second.

below: Herring Gull (argenteus) A.1 adult, May 29 2015, Katwijk, the Netherlands. Picture: Merijn Loeve.

Black: P5-P10. Mirror: P9-P10. PMS: 5.
Orbital: yellow. RUM: no. BOM: no. Speckling: 0% (clouded at borders).

below: Herring Gull (argenteus) A.1 adult, September 07 2015, Katwijk, the Netherlands.