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		<title>A Bit of a Mix&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/a-bit-of-a-mix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maarten van Kleinwee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Herring Gull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Winter has finally (and seriously) arrived here in Holland with temperatures staying below zero degrees Celcius even during the day. Good news for gull observers because the cold weather always brings gulls closer to cities with food resources such as arable lands unsuitable for foraging. Last Sunday I was visiting a location just on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28559244&amp;post=331&amp;subd=gullstothehorizon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paired Up</title>
		<link>http://gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/paired-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maarten van Kleinwee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Herring Gull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As early as the end of December, I have seen adult European Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus argenteus) showing interest in each other and showing obvious signs of being a couple. It is known that Herring Gulls already pair up on the wintering grounds far away from the colony and it so happened that I was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28559244&amp;post=303&amp;subd=gullstothehorizon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just in Time&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maarten van Kleinwee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black-headed Gull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my post Old Acquaintance early November I wrote about the return of 23-year old Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) with Dutch ring Arnhem 3431752. This observation made it clear that the ring (made out of aluminum) was in such a bad state that it would probably not be long before the ring would be lost. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28559244&amp;post=267&amp;subd=gullstothehorizon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caught a Casp!</title>
		<link>http://gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/caught-a-casp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maarten van Kleinwee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Caspian Gull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dutch bird ringer Frank Majoor visited my home town of Leiden, The Netherlands, yesterday to ring some Black-headed Gulls as part of one of his projects. During one of the sessions I noticed a first-calendar year Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans) standing between a small group of European Herring Gulls. It stood out not only because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28559244&amp;post=253&amp;subd=gullstothehorizon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Little Gulls</title>
		<link>http://gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/little-gulls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maarten van Kleinwee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Herring Gull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Adult Little Gull, Katwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, 9 December 2011. This individual is moulting to winter (basic) plumage: the outer two primaries P9 and P10 are not yet fully grown.   There where high winds along the coast of Holland today (force 6-8) so I decided to go to the coastal town of Katwijk [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28559244&amp;post=227&amp;subd=gullstothehorizon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whiter than White</title>
		<link>http://gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/whiter-than-white/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maarten van Kleinwee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black-headed Gull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herring Gull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesser Black-backed Gull]]></category>

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		<title>New Rings</title>
		<link>http://gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/new-rings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maarten van Kleinwee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black-headed Gull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dutch bird ringer Frank Majoor is now using a new set of color rings for ringing Black-headed Gulls in The Netherlands: a white ring with two characters separated by a dash (-). These have been introduced in November this year, after having run out of the usual red rings which have been used between 2004 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28559244&amp;post=176&amp;subd=gullstothehorizon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Old Acquaintance</title>
		<link>http://gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/old-acquaintance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maarten van Kleinwee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Return of a 23-Year old Black-headed Gull Last Sunday (November 13) I did my usual round of checking various locations in and around the city of Leiden, The Netherlands, looking for ringed (banded) gulls. At this time of year, the cities here are full with predominantly Black-headed Gulls and Herring Gulls, while low numbers of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28559244&amp;post=157&amp;subd=gullstothehorizon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Forward</title>
		<link>http://gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/moving-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maarten van Kleinwee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gull behavior part 1: the forward posture For me, one of the most fascinating aspects of gull watching is observing their behavior. It is a totally enriching experience and it extends the process of just watching an individual to knowing what it is doing and why it is doing it. As is the case for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28559244&amp;post=74&amp;subd=gullstothehorizon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Black-headed Gull displaying forward posture</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Black-headed Gull in a forward posture</media:title>
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		<title>The Odd One Out</title>
		<link>http://gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/the-odd-one-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maarten van Kleinwee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black-headed Gull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is the beginning of November, autumn has only just started and we still have a long winter ahead of us. Here in Europe, adult and fledged gulls have left their breeding grounds roughly around July and have since fanned out in various directions. Some individuals have already traveled hundreds of kilometers to spend the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gullstothehorizon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=28559244&amp;post=104&amp;subd=gullstothehorizon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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