Photo 7709: Yellow-legged
Gull 1cy, August
11 2003, Etaples, France.
This 1cy michahellis has only slight
wear in the inner wing-coverts, upper tertials and scapulars. Many 1cy michahellis
show extensive dark centres
of the median, central and outer greater coverts, reaching to the
edge of the feather at the base. In this individual, many of these feathers show
a notched pattern and the pale tips on the median coverts are relatively broad.
Most upper scapulars have been replaced for
second generation feathers, showing obvious broad barring. Some upper lower
scapulars have been replaced as well.
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