Cantabrian Gull ~ 1st. W ~ Larus michahellis lusitanius - Dec' 16

Larus michahellis lusitanius

Cantabrian Gull

A sub-species of  Yellow-legged Gull from the Basque region of Spain ..

Here are links to more lusitanius ...

Adult Winter birds

3rd. Winter birds

2nd. Winter birds

L.m. lusitanius egg lay approximately one month later the norminate L.m.m  

The following images were all taken at two location, Ondarroa Harbour and Getaria Harbour last week in December '16 ...

1st. Winter birds

A few more moult cycles and these will look like this ....

Thanks to Antonio Gutierrez for the contact info ..

Thanks to Asier Aldalur for your time given on the two days ..

Thanks to Alfredo Herrero for the ringing details ..

Good to meet Javi Elorriaga, Juan Carlos Andres and Xabi Saralegi ..

See you all again soon ...

Cantabrian Gull ~ 2nd. W ~ Larus michahellis lusitanius - Dec' 16

Larus michahellis lusitanius

Cantabrian Gull

A sub-species of  Yellow-legged Gull from the Basque region of Spain ..

Here is a link to ...

Adult Winter birds

3rd Winter birds

The following images were all taken at two location, Ondarroa Harbour and Getaria Harbour last week in December '16 ...

L.m. lusitanius ~ 2nd. W

Cantabrian Gull ~ 3rd. W ~ Larus michahellis lusitanius - Dec' 16

Larus michahellis lusitanius

Cantabrian Gull

A sub-species of  Yellow-legged Gull from the Basque region of Spain ..

Here is a link to ...

Adult Winter lusitanius
2nd. Winter lusitanius

The following images are of 3rd. Winter birds from Ondarroa and Getaria ..

The following images are a few 4th cy birds ...

From a photography aspect the backgrounds to the above images are mainly boats, one was covered in rust on the stern and it was just a matter of waiting for the chosen subject bird to fly past that area or sides of the boats or there reflections in the water, some are with grass banks in the distance they certainly make a change from blue sky ..