Some autumn leaves in the winter.
Tag: winter plumage
Preening in the shallows.
Throwback Thursday travels back to Hurleston Reservoir, Cheshire, England in the 1990s.
A group of Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in winter plumage standing in a shallow section of the reservoir. I noticed that a surprising number of the birds were taking the opportunity to preen while standing in the water.
I’ve mentioned in previous posts about species having their common English names or their scientific names changed after DNA testing. In this case the scientific name has been changed since the photo was taken and captioned. So many species have had a name changed that these days l Google a species before I write a blog post or caption photos.
