1. Confirm Least Tern for lifer
2. Pretty sure this is Elegant Tern
3. Forster's Tern
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 05:37 AM
Here are some terns from today in So Cal, Huntington Beach/Bolsa Chica.
1. Confirm Least Tern for lifer
2. Pretty sure this is Elegant Tern
3. Forster's Tern
1. Confirm Least Tern for lifer
2. Pretty sure this is Elegant Tern
3. Forster's Tern
Latest lifers: Nelson's Sparrow, Upland Sandpiper, Clay-colored Sparrow, Cerulean Warbler, Bobolink, Henslow's Sparrow, Philadelphia Vireo, Kirtland's Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, American Woodcock, Monk Parakeet, Field Sparrow, Blue-headed Vireo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Veery
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 05:38 AM
I always feel less confident about Royal Tern, but that is my guess for these next two.
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Latest lifers: Nelson's Sparrow, Upland Sandpiper, Clay-colored Sparrow, Cerulean Warbler, Bobolink, Henslow's Sparrow, Philadelphia Vireo, Kirtland's Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, American Woodcock, Monk Parakeet, Field Sparrow, Blue-headed Vireo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Veery
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 07:11 AM
Agree with Least Tern. Yellow bill and white forehead.
Agree with Elegant Tern. Long Droopy red-orange bill.
Agree with Royal Terns. Heavyish yellowish bill on #4, dark primaries on #5.
Agree with Forster's for #3. Dark tipped orange bill and GISS.
Thanks for terning in this nice photo report.
Agree with Elegant Tern. Long Droopy red-orange bill.
Agree with Royal Terns. Heavyish yellowish bill on #4, dark primaries on #5.
Agree with Forster's for #3. Dark tipped orange bill and GISS.
Thanks for terning in this nice photo report.
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 01:33 PM
Sometimes in this endeavour of identification, just when things seem to begin to create that whirpool, and I am willing to grasp any flotsam or for that matter jetsam at hand (Something about 'scraps from the master's table' come to mind . . but I digress). Too often it ends up being ephemeral.
Forster's Tern on left with orange bill and and Common Tern on right with . . .
Common_Forsters_Tern_2043n by Grandpa577, on Flickr
(Guy, I hope you don't mind my borrowing of your photo.)
Forster's Tern on left with orange bill and and Common Tern on right with . . .
Common_Forsters_Tern_2043n by Grandpa577, on Flickr
(Guy, I hope you don't mind my borrowing of your photo.)
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 04:06 PM
Nice. Thanks for the comparison, Grandpa!
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 01:16 AM
No problem with using the photo for the comparison.
Not sure why we need a comparison, though...they look nothing alike.
Not sure why we need a comparison, though...they look nothing alike.
Latest lifers: Nelson's Sparrow, Upland Sandpiper, Clay-colored Sparrow, Cerulean Warbler, Bobolink, Henslow's Sparrow, Philadelphia Vireo, Kirtland's Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, American Woodcock, Monk Parakeet, Field Sparrow, Blue-headed Vireo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Veery
ABA Year list: 357
Trip reports: Midwest 5/2013, Hawaii 2/2013, Florida 9-10/2012, Monterey 8/2012, Salton Sea 7/2012, SE AZ 6/2012, Chicago 5/2012, Arizona 3/12, Arizona 12/11, Chicago 9/2011, Monterey 8/11, Arizona 12/10
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