Sunday 15 September 2013

Tern ID Joe Meche 9/10/13

Further to Doug's recent posting of the strange tern, I pondered all day and dug into old photos from the colony site of 2010.
First photo: One of my last duties was to do carcass counts so I was able to get close to a number of dead birds. Here's a juvie with yellowish legs.
Second photo: Here's a typical tail-feather spread of a turning/braking bird.

*I'll echo the vote for juvenile Caspian Tern.

Joe Meche





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