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Unknown bird, Darwin Harbour

To: Russell Woodford <>
Subject: Unknown bird, Darwin Harbour
From: Laurie Knight <>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:50:10 +1000
Yes, you can get surprising results when birds spread their tails - I've photographed Needletails with their tails spread - it gives them a totally different look.

On 13/07/2010, at 9:01 PM, Russell Woodford wrote:

Hi Bill

The head and wings look right for non-breeding Gull-billed Tern, but I'm not sure about the tail. Or I wasn't until I found this image, which looks a lot like yours:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TsfLn9gw7Dw/Sq2etHozt1I/AAAAAAAAAd4/MkhoMdVMTEY/s320/Gull-billed+Tern.jpg

It's from a blog by Jan Axel:

http://janbirdingblog.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html

So Gull-billed Tern gets my vote.




On 13/07/2010, at 7:49 PM, Bill Stent wrote:

Hi folks, Bill here

I've just got back from Darwin (including a terrific morning's birding followed by lunch with Denise Goodfellow), topping a three week drive from Melboring.

There are a number of things that are bugging me, top of the list being a bird I spotted at great distance on Darwin Harbour - that is, feeding near the sewerage outfall south west of Government House (hmm, I wonder if there's any connection there...?)

I've got two photos, one reasonable, one not so great, links below. So far, candidates are Gull-billed Tern (non-breeding), White-winged Black Tern (non-breeding) and even a Red-tailed Tropicbird. Unfortunately, at such a distance I wasn't able to get a good idea as to how large the bird is, but I'd say it's not huge, but probably larger than a small Tern. The feet seem to be red, although it's been suggested that this may actually be chromatic aberration in the lens.

Suggestions?

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=419115&l=9b5e3c6a8a&id=100000148897455

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=419116&l=afe5425834&id=100000148897455
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