UNIDENTIFIED GULLS - LBBG-like (all ssp.) :
NOTE: Although I discuss each gull's possible identity using language ranging from tentative to somewhat confident, I regard all identities to be SPECULATIVE unless there is wide (but not necessarily universal - these are gulls, after all!) external support from the gulling community.
- January 22, 2016- a presumed 2nd cycle LBBG that may have an inserted remige molt - ?. from south Texas.
- March 11 , 2014 - a 1st cycle LBBG with a very pale mantle from San Antonio, Texas.
- February 10 , 2014 - a 1st cycle presumed LBBG with a very YLGU-like tail from south Texas.
- February 10 , 2014 - a 1st cycle suggesting Kelp Gull from south Texas.
- February 07 , 2013 - A large, pale-mantled, densely marked second cycle odd LBBG, or hybrid with Smith HERG? from Brownsville;
- February 07 , 2013 - A small, darkish-mantled 3C/4C LBBG type from Brownsville;
- January 28, 2011- a first-cycle gull that to me looks like a good Iberian YLGU candidate - from Florida in late January;
- March 02, 2010 - yet another 2nd-cycle LBBG-type gull that seems too pale and checkered and its molt timing is 6 months off - ? - from Florida in late January;
- March 02, 2010 - another 2nd-cycle LBBG-type gull that seems too pale and checkered and with pale spots on inner primaries - ? - from Florida in late January;
- March 02, 2010 - a 2nd-cycle LBBG-type gull that seems too pale and checkered - ? - from Florida in late January;
- March 02, 2010 - a first-cycle LBBG-type gull that has some Caspian Gull-like features - in Florida in early February;
- March 02, 2010 - a first-cycle LBBG-type that looks odd (to me) - from Florida in late January;
- March 02, 2010 - another 3rd-cycle LBBG-type with some features associated with heuglini - on the same day/beach in Florida in early February;
- March 02, 2010 - a 3rd-cycle LBBG-type with some features associated with heuglini - in Florida in early February;
- March 02, 2010 - a near-adult LBBG-type with suspended primary molt - from Florida in late January;
- March 02, 2010 - a sub-adult LBBG-type with oddly old-looking primaries - from Florida in late January;
- March 02, 2010 - "F05" - the adult LBBG-type banded in Maine and breeding with a AMHE - here wintering in Florida;
- March 02, 2010 - a first-cycle LBBG-type that is very reminiscent of Azorean YLGU - from Texas in February;
- December 19, 2008 - a first-cycle that I feel is a Kelp Gull; from the upper Texas Coast. Update: accepted by TBRC as Kelp Gull.
- March 24 , 2008 - more pics of a first-cycle LBBG-type that shows some heuglini traits - but also suggests a Kelp hybrid? ...
- March 24 , 2008 - A first-cycle LBBG-type that suggests a Kelp hybrid? ...
- Feb 28 , 2008 - An adult LBBG-type that shows some heuglini traits ...
- Feb 28 , 2008 - A first-cycle LBBG-type that shows some heuglini traits ...
- Feb 13 , 2008 - A first-cycle LBBG-type that looks more like heuglini... updated Feb 27, 2008.
- Dec 30 , 2007 - Yet another first-cycle LBBG?YLGU?KEGU? gull from Houston area ;
- Dec 30 , 2007 - Another first-cycle LBBG?YLGU? gull from Houston area ;
- Dec 30 , 2007 - A first-cycle LBBG?YLGU? gull from Houston area ;
- Dec 08 , 2007 - An adult LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston in March;
- April 11 , 2007 - A chunky, thick-billed first cycle LBBG/YLGU-type from Houston;
- Mar 28 , 2007 - A different second (?) cycle LBBG/YLGU-type from Houston;
- April 03, 2007 - A first-cycle LBBG?KELP? gull from Houston area ;
- April 03, 2007 - A first-cycle LBBG?KELP? gull from Houston area ;
- Mar 30, 2007 - Four interesting LBBG/YLGU types from the Houston area: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
- Mar 06 , 2007 - I dug up more photos of this second (?) cycle LBBG/YLGU-type from Houston;
- Feb 21 , 2007 - A similar first cycle LBBG/YLGU-type from Houston;
- Feb 21 , 2007 - A first cycle LBBG/YLGU-type from Houston;
- Feb 21 ,2007 - An adult LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston;
- Feb 21 , 2007 - A second(?) cycle LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston;
- Jan 31, 2007 - A first cycle LBBG/YLGU-type from Corpus Christi - a large, hook-billed bird;
- Jan 31, 2007 - A first cycle LBBG/YLGU-type from Corpus Christi - that's the whitest tail/rump I've seen in Texas...;
- Jan 14, 2007 - Another first cycle LBBG/YLGU-type (hybrid?) from Houston;
- Jan 14, 2007 - Another first cycle LBBG/YLGU-type (hybrid?) from Houston;
- Jan 09, 2007 - An unusual first cycle LBBG/?-type from Houston;
- Jan 04, 2007 - A first cycle LBBG/YLGU-type from Houston;
- Jan 04, 2007 - A first cycle LBBG/Kelp-type from Houston;
- Jan 03 , 2007 - A first cycle LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston;
- Jan 03 , 2007 - A second(?) cycle LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston;
- Dec 29 , 2006 - A first cycle LBBG/YLGU-type from Houston;
- Dec 29 , 2006 - A first cycle LBBG/Kelp-type from Houston;
- Dec 29 , 2006 - A second (?) cycle LBBG/YLGU-type from Houston;
- Dec 23 , 2006 - A first cycle LBBG/heuglini/Kelp-type from Houston;
- Dec 23 , 2006 - A second (?) cycle LBBG/heuglini-type from Houston;
- Nov 25 , 2006 - A tiny, thick-billed first cycle LBBG-type from Houston;
- Nov 25 , 2006 -A first cycle LBBG?YLGU?KELP? from Houston;
- Nov 25 , 2006 - more images from early Feb of this first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from Houston;
- Nov 13 , 2006 - From Houston, five adult-type LBBGs with primaries still growing on Feb 1st - see LBBG Section;
- Aug 05 , 2006 - An interesting comparison of two first-cycle YLGU-like gulls two years apart both from Texas;
- July 31 , 2006 - An adult darkish-backed, yellow-legged gull from Houston back in March '06 - it seems too pale for LBBG - ?;
- July 16 , 2006 - three adult heuglini-types from Bhutan, and Barrow AK - thanks to Simon Thompson
- July 11 , 2006 - A first-cycle gull from Port Aransas that falls into that YLGU - LBBG group;
- April 29 , 2006 - A first-cycle (?) LBBG-type from Houston that seems to have a long tail, short wings, and palish bill;
- April 24 , 2006 - A first-cycle gull from the Upper Texas Coast; is it just a funky-looking LBBG or somthing else?;
- April 02 , 2006 - Another first-cycle gull from Houston - it's advanced molt and mantle-tone suggest YLGU;
- April 02 , 2006 - A first-cycle gull from Houston - it's very chunky for a LBBG; more like a YLGU?;
- April 02 , 2006 - Again that same first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from Houston on Jan 24; it's molting rapidly;
- April 02 , 2006 - A third-cycle dark-backed gull from Houston - I keep thinking Kelp, but the bill seems wrong;
- April 02 , 2006 - A (sub?)adult LBBG-type from Houston - it's large, pale, and bulky;
- April 02 , 2006 - A first-cycle LBBG-type from Texas - it's small, dark-backed/pale-headed, with advanced covert molt;
- April 02 , 2006 - An unusual adult LBBG-type from Texas - it's very large, and has some heuglini features ;
- Mar 18 , 2006 - A series of unusual LBBG-types from Houston have been added to the LBBG Index;
- Mar 18 , 2006 - A first cycle LBBG? KEGU? hybrid? from Houston;
- Mar 18 , 2006 - That same first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from Houston on Jan 24; more pics...
- Mar 18 , 2006 - A first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from Houston;
- first photographed in early January; look here;
- Feb 24, 2006 - A bird suggesting perhaps third cycle Atlantic YGLU-type? from Houston
- Feb 02, 2006 - A hefty, first cycle suggesting Kelp Gull from Houston;
- Feb 02, 2006 - The same first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from Houston on Jan 24; better pics...
- Jan 28, 2006 - Heres another second cycle gull: weird LBBG? Atlantic YGLU? Hybrid? from Galveston...;
- Jan 26, 2006 - Well, here goes: another first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from Galveston...;
- Jan 24, 2006 - Okay, another first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from Houston; again this one's paler overall, but also has a very white tail;
- Jan 10, 2006 - Improbable as it seems, here's another possible first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from Houston; this one's paler overall, yet with a darker tail; photographed again in March; look here;
- Jan 10, 2006 - more pics of the first cycle Atlantic YGLU-type from East Beach, Galveston;
- Jan 02, 2006 - a second-cycle pale, frosty LBBG-type from Houston;
- Jan 02, 2006 - possibly the same YGLU?/LBBG?/dark CASP from Houston;
- Jan 02, 2006 - a YGLU?/LBBG?/dark CASP from Houston;
- Dec 16, 2005 - a baffling young "dark-mantled" large gull from Houston;
- Dec 02, 2005 - A most interesting first-cycle YLGU?Caspian/??? from Galveston;
- Dec 02, 2005 - refound that interesting LBBG/YLGU-type from October - it looks like good candidate for Azorean or Madeiran Atlantic YLGU;
- Nov 18, 2005 - a first-cycle LBBG-type that suggests heuglini...
- Oct 28, 2005 - a couple of flight shots of an interesting LBBG/YLGU-type from Galveston;
- Apr 17, 2005
- here's an odd darkish-backed
young gull that is puzzling, from Bolivar Flats, near Galveston;
- Apr 07, 2005
- more pics of the first-basic
gull that might be an Atlantic YLGU, that looks a little
different.... from Corpus Christi;
- Apr 02, 2005
- and another first-basic gull
that might be an Atlantic YLGU, but this one looks a little
different.... from Corpus Christi;
- Mar 16, 2005
- more pics of the Port Aransas first-basic
gull that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU - now at Corpus
Christi;
- Feb 23, 2005
- as ridiculous as it seems here's one more first-basic
gull that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU at Port Aransas;
- Feb 23, 2005
- more pics of the Feb 23 first-basic
gull that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU at Corpus Christi;
- Feb 17, 2005
- another (maybe same as one of the previous) first-basic
gull that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU at Corpus Christi;
- Feb 08, 2005
- que pasa? a second-basic gull
that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU, from Corpus Christi;
- Feb 04, 2005
- that same first-basic gull
that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU re-visited Corpus Christi;
- Jan 26, 2005
- yet another first-basic gull
that to me looks like Atlantic YLGU, from Corpus Christi;
- Jan 22, 2005
- from last Spring, another first-basic
gull with very strong suggestions of Atlantic YLGU from Corpus
Christi;
- Jan 22, 2005
- from last Spring, a first-basic
gull with suggestions of Atlantic YLGU from Corpus Christi;
- Jan 21, 2005
- six first-basic gull LBBG-types
from Corpus Christi on the same day;
- Jan 21, 2005
- another first-basic gull that
to me strongly suggests Atlantic YLGU from Corpus Christi;
- Jan 18, 2005
- a first-basic gull with suggestions
of Atlantic YLGU from Corpus Christi;
- Jan 18, 2005
- a first-basic gull that to me
looks like Atlantic YLGU from Corpus Christi;
- Dec 18, 2004
- a "dark-winged" first-winter
gull from Corpus Christi - what the heck is it?;
- Dec 18, 2004
- a first-basic LBBG-type with
suggestions of YLGU from Corpus Christi;
- Aug 21, 2004 - added pics of
a heuglini/taimyrensis type from
northern Alaska;
- Apr 13, 2004 - added more pics showing the molt in the
presumed first-winter YLGU from
Corpus Christi (plus two LBBGs for comparison);
- Mar 23, 2004 - added pics of
a mysterious first-winter "white-winged"
large gull from Corpus Christi on March 20;
- Mar 14, 2004 - added pics of
a bloomin' head-scratcher...;
- Mar 13, 2004 - added pics showing
rapid molt in the presumed first-winter
YLGU from Corpus Christi; also a distinctive
small, dark LBBG from there;
- Mar 06, 2004 - added further
pics from today of the presumed first-winter
YLGU from Corpus Christi;
- Mar 06, 2004 - a bunch of rare
gulls from Corpus Christi on March 04: another probable?
Yellow-legged Gull -and more pics
here; and
two LBBGs - the first year is a bit
funky....
- Feb 16, 2004 - added more pics
of the presumed first-winter YLGU
from Corpus Christi;
- Feb 01, 2004 - added a first-winter
GBBG?/LBBG?/YLGU?? from Corpus Christi;
- Feb 02, 2003 - added a first-winter
HERG-type with a hint of LBBG characters from Fort Worth;
- January 17, 2002 - re-added
all 8 photos of the March 1998 mystery
gull.
- August 05, 2001 - added an interesting
first-summer LBBG from Texas in early
May with active primary moult.
- January 23, 2001 - He's back
- the darker-mantled gull from Texas
has returned to the Corpus landfill; photos
and discussion for January 2001 (with link to a possible
sighting from even earlier, plus a revealing
page of specimens from the BMNH).
- January 20, 2001: additions
to LBBG:
- August 20, 2000: the Bahrain
gull section is now complete, with one hundred mostly 1B-type
birds.
- August 17, 2000: there are now
sixty new images of first-basic-type birds in the Bahrain
gull section; plus a new Bahrain first-basic
fuscus that is banded -but what is that band number???.
- July 19, 2000: a couple more
heuglini from Bahrain are included in the Siberian
Gull section; in the dark-mantled
Corpus gull page there is a new link to some interesting
direct comparisons with Middle Eastern gulls;
- June 19, 2000: For those of
you wanting more pics of the odd-one-out in that heuglini
vs graellsii quiz from last year, I've updated this
LBBG page.....
- June 19, 2000: a number of
new heuglini-type gulls from Bahrain, Iran and Oman
are added to the Siberian Gull section.
- April 25, 2000: I just received
some revealing pics from Willie Sekula of the
remarkable gull from Brownsville; plus I've added a link
to a new set of images of a 1B GBBG in early April, for comparison;
please take another look - thanks.
- April 14, 2000: I just received
photos from Willie Sekula of a remarkable
gull from Brownsville - please check it out and provide some
input - thanks.
- April 10, 2000: I got back my
slides of the very unusual LBBG-like
bird - they confirm the unusual plumage in the flight feathers,
and show just how dark-mantled this bird was in the field.
- April 08, 2000: Here are some
preliminary images of a very unusual
LBBG-like bird - the last of the La Marque, Texas oddballs
from April 3rd.
April 06, 2000: A visit to the
upper Texas coast yielded a crop of unusual gulls: one looks like a dark
graellsii while the other looks like an intermedius;
We also saw
a 2nd-alternate LBBG-type that showed some possible heuglini/fuscus
features - photos will appear soon.
- March 8, 2000: a most intriguing
darker-mantled gull from Texas in
February, with lots of helpful feedback from those with experience
of the Eurasian forms.
- Feb 12. 2000: an adult presumed
graellsii-type from Texas in
late January with P7 the longest primary!
- here is a Cautionary Tail to
test you.
- try this heuglini vs graellsii
teaser!
- a 2CY bird from Texas; probably
L. marinus but with michahellis-like features.
- odd-looking imm. LBBG and GBBG
from Tamaulipas, Mexico in Nov 1998.
