photo 7234: Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 3cy, August
08 2003, Le Portel,
France (50.42N,1.34E).
Note the primary moult stage: P8-10 are old
third generation (with the mirror on P10 just visible from below in the
far wing) and P5 full-grown. P5 now exceeds the primaries, mostly because
of the very abraded stage of the second and third tertials. Tertial #1 has
been replaced recently. This individual also started the complete moult in the wing-coverts,
with the outer medians and inner greaters replaced and a gaps in the outer
greater coverts
bar. Note the brown secondaries, now visible.
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