Larus delawarensis
Adult winter
February 11th. 2002
Tveitevatnet, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Note the pretty dark iris on this bird. Maybe a result of being a young adult; it is in its 5th. calendar year. The small size of this individual indicates a female. It was ringed as a first-winter in January 1999, and was present until may 2000. And finally redetected on the 10th. of February 2002. See pictures of this bird in first-winter plumage here, and second-winter plumage here. Pictures of this bird in breeding plumage from April 2002 (with a huge stomach...) can bee seen here.
Posted 12.06.2002
