Monday, 8 February 2016

Lake Kerkini - Help

The last few images of last week's short trip to Lake Kerkini concern birds we saw but could not readily identify. Moreover the photos I did manage to get are little more than useless. First up is a Turtle Dove species, probably a first winter but what species? Our first reaction was Turtle Dove being noticably smaller than the Collared Doves it was with but I'm by no means certain.

Turtle Dove with Collared Dove

Turtle Dove 
Moving on, Terns in winter.
Whiskered Tern 

Whiskered Tern 

Whiskered Tern 

Whiskered Tern 

And finally an easy one: a Gull. I like a challenge but Gull ID just aint my thing

Yellow legged Gull 

Probable Caspian Gull 
Many thanks to Yoav Perlman for his help with the identification of these species
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  1. Yoav Perlman8 February 2016 at 08:44

    Turtle Dove is European - check the scapulars pattern. Pretty small as well.
    Tern is whiskered.
    Gull 1 is probably yellow-legged. Gulls 2 looks more like caspian. Open-wing shots of both would be useful.

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  2. bob duckhouse8 February 2016 at 09:28

    Many thanks Yoav I appreciate your expert opinion

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