Caspian Tern over Lake Ontario. August 7, 2009. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
That is a BEAUTIFUL shot!
Amazing photograph!
And indeed, it does deserve another tern!
Forster's maybe? Gulf of Mexico.
Thanks Curlybird and Goose. I am glad you took my subtle hint and posted a Tern pic yourself Goose. As The World Terns.
Watching over the flock - these caspian's cause problems on the Wa/Oregon coast. The eat the salmon fry that are a the mouth of the Columbia river.
mj3151, I think you could be quite right. I didn't know which way to go with the ID because this one seemed small for a Caspian. I wasn't very confident in my ID to start with. I am changing it to Caspian.
cairnstone: mj3151, I think you could be quite right. I didn't know which way to go with the ID because this one seemed small for a Caspian. I wasn't very confident in my ID to start with. I am changing it to Caspian.
My compliments to mj3151 for the question and cairnstone for starting the thread. In all of these postings I hope that all of us are looking critically at the birds to ensure that the poster has the right bird. My skills are just in the beginning stages and needs a lot of help. Knowing that the experienced folks out there are looking over our shoulder is exactly what drives my postings and why I read all these threads. Way to go. I would celebrate someone finding an error in one of my pictures as it makes for a learning experience.
Having had your tern, here is something that is a bit more Common.
I'm confused, Cairnstone - on your post, which started this thread, you called it a Caspian so why is it in question? I'm not accusing anyone of anything; just confused - maybe I'm not seeing something.
**EDIT: Nevermind - I realize now that you had originally called it a Common Tern and you must have gone in and edited it to Caspian - sorry!!
At "Least" I have a "Tern" at this, too!
It's time this thread took a darker Tern!
How about a black one?
I'm on tern overload...but I can't tern away.
Common Terns
Least
