[LRflex] Re: David, don't give up!

Doug,
I remember reading a bird book when I was a very young lad,it said the 
black-headed gull is easily recognisable by its red legs (??) I think 
that may have put me off wanting to be an ornithologist. In the same 
vein, we have a nature book here which doesn't tell you the size of any 
bird in centimetres or inches, just things like "larger than a Bussard" 
, "smaller than a greenfinch", "similar in size to a Hedge-sparrow" - it 
doesn't really help much at all either, I don't usually carry Bussards, 
Greenfinches and Hedge-sparrows around with me to make comparisons.
Dougls.

Douglas Herr wrote:

>Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>Some kind of seabird ( Doug? Juvenile Black headed Gulls?) sitting on 
>>some railings under the bridge
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3312_edited_3
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3310_edited_2
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>Good call on the I.D.  I'd say the first photo is a first-winter Black-headed 
>Gull, and the second photo shows a mix of first-winter birds and adults in 
>winter plumage.
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>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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