Having just finished lunch at work I got a phone call from Kent Olsen (KO) saying that the Glaucous-winged Gull was eating bread in the University Park in the middle of Aarhus. Knowing that icelandic toplister Yann Kolbeinsson (YK) was currently visiting our department, Kent thought he might want to see the bird. Knowing the unpredictable nature of the bird from previous years we quickly left Kalø to go to Aarhus.
When we arrived in the park the gull was standing on a building not showing particularly well. A showy Short-toed Treecreeper made a brief appearance taking our attention away from the gull for a minute. When we looked for the gull again it was gone. A young couple was feeding the local mallards at the northern most lake in the park and it did not take long to locate the gull amongst the Black-headed Gulls, Common Gulls and Mallards. For the next 20 minutes we had extreme views of the gull.
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| Glaucous-winged Gull Aarhus University. Good views... |
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| Glaucous-winged Gull Aarhus University. Good views... |
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| Glaucous-winged Gull Aarhus University. Good views... |
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| Glaucous-winged Gull Aarhus University. Good views... |
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| Glaucous-winged Gull Aarhus University. Good views... |
This is the third year in a row that the Glaucous-winged Gull is wintering in Aarhus
(2009 pictures and
2010 pictures). If you want to see the bird go before the current period with cold weather ends and visit in the morning when the bird is hungry and active and not in the afternoon when it has been fed toast bread for several hours...
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| Short-toed Treecreeper Aarhus University Park. Very common in this city park. |
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| Hooded Crow, Egå Marina. |
Like two years ago the gull was heavily celebrated in the evening/night...
Text: RDN, Photos: YK
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