tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post8718963612563314072..comments2024-02-21T10:36:51.773+00:00Comments on Axe Birding: MicahellessSteve Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234938942274343663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post-50770945299136188442017-01-07T22:18:51.658+00:002017-01-07T22:18:51.658+00:00Thanks Tim, and for your email. Pallas's on th...Thanks Tim, and for your email. Pallas's on the Axe would do nicely.Steve Waitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02234938942274343663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post-15051131525023611042017-01-07T22:16:44.806+00:002017-01-07T22:16:44.806+00:00Thanks very much for your kind words Mike, certain...Thanks very much for your kind words Mike, certainly a bit of a brain ache! What worries me is what these look like when they're young!?? Steve Waitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02234938942274343663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post-3457698217410625732017-01-06T15:59:32.099+00:002017-01-06T15:59:32.099+00:00An interesting gull, and that's never a bad th...An interesting gull, and that's never a bad thing. As I said in my email, almost identical (but still definitely a different bird) to one at Topsham Rec 2 days ago. We should expect 2nd/3rd etc. generation hybrids and these are going to be increasingly hard to detect. Well done for not being fooled. These things are sent to test us, so we're worthy enough to see the big one - Kelp/Pallas's/Black-tailed or whatever - when it arrives!Tim Worfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081554391725867216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post-14157686894203845012017-01-06T13:50:31.680+00:002017-01-06T13:50:31.680+00:00Great Post and photos Steve, there are more and mo...Great Post and photos Steve, there are more and more of these hybrids in various slightly different forms being highlighted by gull enthusiasts like Tim Worfolk & Matt Knott. I remember seeing my first 12 years ago or more at Dawlish found by the late Great John Fortey, then two there a couple of years later (amost certainly Herring x LB-bG). Many of them would certainly have gone down as Y-lG in the past by other less diligent observers and probably still do! Posts like yours and Tim's go a long way in helping observers by highlighting what to look for. Mike Langmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769021137483993740noreply@blogger.com