Comments on: ID the Perp #8 http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/ the couch is occupied... meow! Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:35:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: alcessa http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/comment-page-1/#comment-2670 alcessa Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:44:52 +0000 http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/#comment-2670 There are huge numbers of Laughing Gulls nesting at a place we regularly go to, in our function as hobby ornithologists (absolute beginners), and the bird above doesn't look like one to me. BUT: ever since I heard two experts (of the kind: there-I-was-at-this-unknown-lake-in-Israel-watching-the-bird-everyone-thought-extinct) discussing the possible species of a bird we all saw an noone could identify (because it was standing in the shadow and the color of its legs could not be determined) I know it is a hell of a job to identify birds correctly. Plus, I really don't like gulls. :-) There are huge numbers of Laughing Gulls nesting at a place we regularly go to, in our function as hobby ornithologists (absolute beginners), and the bird above doesn’t look like one to me.

BUT: ever since I heard two experts (of the kind: there-I-was-at-this-unknown-lake-in-Israel-watching-the-bird-everyone-thought-extinct) discussing the possible species of a bird we all saw an noone could identify (because it was standing in the shadow and the color of its legs could not be determined) I know it is a hell of a job to identify birds correctly.

Plus, I really don’t like gulls. :-)

]]> By: dr.filomena http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/comment-page-1/#comment-2668 dr.filomena Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:36:10 +0000 http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/#comment-2668 Hmm indeed. Should ask a bit... get an expert's opinion. Posted another photo of a bird at the same beach, hope you'll enjoy it. Hmm indeed. Should ask a bit… get an expert’s opinion.
Posted another photo of a bird at the same beach, hope you’ll enjoy it.

]]> By: alcessa http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/comment-page-1/#comment-2666 alcessa Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:24:45 +0000 http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/#comment-2666 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=(Larus+ridibundus)+immature&m=text" rel="nofollow">HM.</a> HM.

]]> By: dr.filomena http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/comment-page-1/#comment-2665 dr.filomena Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:10:03 +0000 http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/#comment-2665 I'm not entirely sure, but I believe it's a young <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Gull" rel="nofollow">Laughing Gull</a>. He sure did look convincingly non-pacifist :D more to come ;) I’m not entirely sure, but I believe it’s a young Laughing Gull. He sure did look convincingly non-pacifist :D

more to come ;)

]]> By: alcessa http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/comment-page-1/#comment-2664 alcessa Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:48:55 +0000 http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/#comment-2664 A White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis)? A White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis)?

]]> By: alcessa http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/comment-page-1/#comment-2663 alcessa Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:44:01 +0000 http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/#comment-2663 A MOnochrome FOwl, ineed. Geez, where d'you get them? A bird of prey? An albino? A MOnochrome FOwl, ineed. Geez, where d’you get them?

A bird of prey? An albino?

]]> By: dr. filomena http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/comment-page-1/#comment-2662 dr. filomena Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:26:21 +0000 http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/#comment-2662 errr... Morning Formation? errr… Morning Formation?

]]> By: pengovsky http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/comment-page-1/#comment-2661 pengovsky Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:25:02 +0000 http://www.drfilomena.com/2009/06/id-the-perp-8/#comment-2661 Wooha! That'sone mean-looking mofo! Wooha! That’sone mean-looking mofo!

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