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Benny Pedersen
February 10th, 2009, 05:59 PM
Shot this bird yesterday. But what is it.
It look the same as the US national mascot bird (or whatever you call it).
I'm almost sure I have seen that bird on a flag or maybe a US coin, or whatever something... :confused:

http://fineraw.com/images/_MG_0226_1280x1024.jpg
mariangela
February 10th, 2009, 06:07 PM
Shot this bird yesterday. But what is it.
It look the same as the US national mascot bird (or whatever you call it).
I'm almost sure I have seen that bird on a flag or maybe a US coin, or whatever something... :confused:

http://fineraw.com/images/_MG_0226_1280x1024.jpg

Hi Benny
I think you mean a Bald Eagle, but that's not what you shot. You'll find a beautiful photo of a Bald Eagle here (http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=3870&catid=member&imageuser=7261).

Sorry I can't be of more help in identifying your bird.
AGG
vawitt
February 10th, 2009, 06:19 PM
Hi, Benny. That is some variety of seagull. It's definitely not a bald eagle (the US symbol), although his coloring appears somewhat similar.

I just learned an interesting fact about bald eagles. They don't become bald (have white=feathered heads) untill they are about 6 or 7 years old.

My grandpa took a lot longer than that! :D
Jodi Frye
February 10th, 2009, 06:27 PM
wonderful shot Benny ! Nice and crisp.
Diana
February 10th, 2009, 07:17 PM
Hi, Jodi.... long time no see. What have you been up to?

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack your thread, Benny.:) That is a nice shot of the Seagull.

Diana
ljameso1
February 10th, 2009, 07:30 PM
I go with Herring Gull as well. The phase would be 3rd winter.
CoffeePixels
February 10th, 2009, 08:40 PM
If you saw this on the west coast of the US I'd say it is a Western Gull. It is a rare bird elsewhere in the US. It could also be a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a bird found in Europe as well as the US. Without being able to see the whole bird and from different angles along with an idea of relative size makes if tough to make a positive ID.

Among other things I dabble in bird watching too!
Chuck S.
February 10th, 2009, 08:43 PM
I go with Herring Gull as well. The phase would be 3rd winter.

Depends on where Benny saw it. Could be any one of a number of large gulls.

HI JODI!!!!!!:):):)
Chuck S.
February 10th, 2009, 08:52 PM
Assuming it's in Denmark, herring gull or Thayer's gull are likely candidates. Pink legs are an important field mark.
BOBGRUETTER
February 11th, 2009, 06:00 AM
Benny, if you're pulling our leg, GOOD ONE. We have plenty of that type of bird around the country and they do a lot of what our country's finances are doing right now. (Look at some of our statues )

If its any consolation, good nature shot.

Bob
Jodi Frye
February 11th, 2009, 11:25 AM
Hello Diana, I'm fine. Just doing a little this and a lot of that...mostly in the grey and gray areas and partly in the outer limits whence I came ;)

Hi Chuck ! Nice smiles honey
Benny Pedersen
February 11th, 2009, 11:20 PM
Thanks all :p

Both photos (include http://www.fineraw.com/images/_MG_0187_0229_sRGB.jpg) was shot handhold on the street.

There was 3 different kind of gulls. So I guess they fly together different gull spicies...

http://www.fineraw.com/stuff/tuts/_MG_0247.jpg
Benny Pedersen
February 14th, 2009, 09:13 PM
Benny, if you're pulling our leg, GOOD ONE.

If its any consolation, good nature shot.

Bob

Just a consolation.

Benny
PS.
http://www.fineraw.com/stuff/tuts/flag.jpg
Not4wood
February 14th, 2009, 09:54 PM
In New York, this is one of the most common species of Gull. We call it the Laughing Gull, due to the uncommon sound this Bird makes. I would also say its almost as common as the Flying New York Rat, the Pidgeon.
Chuck S.
February 14th, 2009, 10:24 PM
Mark, a Laughing Gull and a Herring Gull are two distinct species. The Laughing Gull is much smaller (15-18 inches vs. 22-26 inches for the Herring Gull) and has a black head in the summer, splotchy in the winter vs. all white head on the Herring Gull. Just FYI!
Not4wood
February 15th, 2009, 03:29 AM
I am wrong, for some reason I had thought that this WAS the Laughing Gull.

LOL It is very rare for me to see this Laughing Gull with the Black head. We have full White Birds and a lot of mixed white and black/Grey but not usually with this Black Head that this site has for the Laughing Gull.

I am no expert by far, so I look it up and I found it here: http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/478/overview/Herring_Gull.aspx
Chuck S.
February 15th, 2009, 05:38 AM
My favorite beaches - along the Jersey shore - are loaded with gulls in the summer: Laughing, Herring, Ring-Billed, Greater Black-Backed and Lesser Black-Backed. The Laughing Gulls tend to be the most aggressive food stealers - have to shoo them away at times.
Not4wood
February 16th, 2009, 04:04 AM
Haha, I can't see shoo-ing any of these Gulls away. They are very large and aggresive birds. We have them by us maybe not as much as the regular pidgeons by numbers but its a very close race.

Gulls and Geese fill the sky, and the Geese have been flying back North in very large numbers for the past couple of weeks.