SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN BIRDS PHOTO GALLERY

Trinidad & Tobago Field Naturalists' Club    Southeastern Caribbean Bird Alert    Trinidad & Tobago Rare Bird Committee

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)    first year    SECOND YEAR    third/fourth year    adult

Second-year immature at San Fernando, Trinidad, 2 December 2001. Photos © by Floyd Hayes. Note the relatively heavy bill. A second-summer Kelp Gull (L. dominicanus) was considered, but should have a larger and whiter head, smaller and darker eyes, a yellower bill, a darker back, shorter wings and whiter tertials. The flight photos were shot on a different roll of film and appear to be underexposed.