tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post2197218398248094128..comments2024-02-21T10:36:51.773+00:00Comments on Axe Birding: A Canadian BeautySteve Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234938942274343663noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post-83828266983673130082014-02-12T10:48:27.214+00:002014-02-12T10:48:27.214+00:00Cheers for this Terry, and the email mate. Love th...Cheers for this Terry, and the email mate. Love the fact we are sharing good birds, with other white-wingers sharing the two sites recently too. How about a Ross's now?? :-)Steve Waitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02234938942274343663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post-10646922846096409352014-02-11T21:30:55.913+00:002014-02-11T21:30:55.913+00:00Steve,
This is definitely the bird I had yesterday...Steve,<br />This is definitely the bird I had yesterday lunchtime on Exmouth seafront. I had it close in, feeding along the tideline with the storm-driven gathering of large gulls that's been there the past few days near the new lifeboat station. The only reservation I had was the grey wash on the outer webbing of the primaries on your pics seemed a bit dark, compared with what I had seen, but I saw it in very harsh sunlight and this gave the whole bird a somewhat paler appearance than shown in yours and Karen's photos. It was however a cracking adult and I was amazed by it's dazzling practically all-white head! The iris colour was a nice deep yellow and appeared at the top of the range exhibited in the study of adult Kumlien's in Alula 1/2003 written by Steve Howell (who I used to know many years ago when he lived in South Wales!) and Bruce Mactavish. Glad it performed for all the Axe birders - shame it couldn't do it for the Exe die-hards, only Dave Hopkins and Chris Townend apparently seeing it later in the afternoon for a short while. Regards, TerryTerry Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03294279596628466792noreply@blogger.com