Hi John,
No, I think you're right, Little Tern in moult to breeding plumage sounds
about right. Little Terns are not uncommon at Manly Roost either.
Regards,
Chris
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:02 PM, john hammond <> wrote:
> Hi all... One of my favourite places to bird is the Manly high tde roost in
> Brisbane and at the moment the waders are there in good numbers. Went up
> there this afternoon and got a good look at black and bar tailed godwit,
> common greenshank, great knot,red knot, sharp tailed, terek and curlew
> sandpiper, red necked stint, eastern curlew, whimbrel, Ruddy turnstone and
> pacific golden plover. May have been some species i missed but i could not
> move around much as the birds seemed very nervous. I have always found them
> quite tolerant of my slow walk around the place but today it seemed they
> didnt approve and showed it by constantly taking to the wing, shuffling away
> and alarm calling. So much so i ended up backing off so as not to cause them
> undue stress. I was wondering if this behaviour had anything to do with the
> severe storm front building just outside Brisbane. Last but not least the
> terns. I found a small group of terns i have never seen before and since i
> still have a lot of tern species still to find i thought i might ask for
> some back up on the id. The birds were tiny and appeared to be about the
> same size, maybe a touch bigger than a stint. Their crowns were white with
> black streaks back to a black nape and a blotch in front of the eye. Pale
> grey over all with white under wing showing blackish primaries at rest. The
> bills were quite long for the size of the bird with maybe a yellow tinge at
> the base and they stood on stumpy yellowish legs. I had them pegged as
> little terns but feel free to shoot me down in flames if you must. Happy
> birding...John
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