Colour Ringing of YLGs on Crete. Part 3 : Weather

T-Cu to the north, on early morning of 5/6:















Ac and drops, morning 6/6:















Ac & YLGs in colony:















Sunset, 4/6:

























No drops, just moths!:














h stravos einai o gialos...














h stava armenizoume:

Colour Ringing of YLGs on Crete. Part 2 : Team

The team on Boat:














And on work, Mari searching for chicks:














Mathieu with the first one!!:














Ringer leader Christos teaching and ringing:











































Serena:



















Elsa:


















Myself:

Colour Ringing of YLGs on Crete. Part 1 : Dia island

Some views from the island of Dia, the site of Colour Ringing. The bay and the small port on the SW corner, June 5 - arrivals of boats for the Ascension Day:














Crete as was shown from Dia on June 6:






The bay on June 4:














And the church on the same evening:














Dia habitats:











































































The islet of Petalidi, or Glaronissi:








Probably the commonest animal of Dia:

A 2nd summer Caspian?

No June records are known for Caspian Gulls to Crete. This individual was in captivity with crosscut primaries for unknown time, probably from winter. Looks Caspian to me, because of its head and bill shape and its long legs.

A 3cy heuglini or a 4cy graelsii/intermedius?

A dark gull, very small in size, compare with the probable Caspian (or YLG?) beside.















The mantle and scapulars colour seems to be good for a 3cy heuglini in Mar but are there females of this race with such a small size? More pictures:

The fuscus complex again...

Heuglin's Gull:
Here there a series of photos from an individual presumed as an "easy" Larus (fuscus) heuglini taken on Irakleion harbour on 31 Jan 2008.

A large sized gull with yellowish (but not bright yellow) legs:

It was still on primaries moult, see the wing tip:


The head characteristic, see the eye with a "coral red" orbital ring and yellow bill with a red-orange gonys spot on the lower mandible:

Head streaking:

The same individual in flight:


The next picture taken on 30 January shows a Baltic Gull (Larus fuscus fuscus) to the right, with incomplete primary moult and a possible L.f. intermedius in immature plumage:

Here in zoom, any other suggestion for this one?:

Again seen the ringed Baltic gull from Finland (second year presend) on 6 Feb:

Finally another difficult to me bird to ID, taken on 6 Feb. Is it a L.f. graellsii ?:

Kavala gulls - Aris Christidis pictures

Two photos from a friend from North Greece both need a solution in ID!