Tobias photographed what he thought were young White-fronted Terns at
Ben Boyd NP on July 6. Quite a few close photos of them immatures here ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/callocephalon/2651001453/ check the
discussion and then click on "Browse" under "Tobias N. Hayashi's
photostream"near top right of screen to see the others.
Julian
At 04:56 PM 11/07/2008, you wrote:
Hello all
Seabird observers please be on the watch along the NSW southern
coast this weekend.
Gary Whitley at Tathra, Far South Coast NSW, this afternoon (July
11, 2008) observed thousands of small terns over a period of more
than 15 minutes, travelling south in a continuous line close to the
water, seeming to scoop the surface, not dive, as they flew south.
I went with two others to the Merimbula Headland and waited for over
an hour and a half but they did not reach there (or we missed them).
Further contact with Gary revealed that an hour after he saw them a
'goodly number' returned flying north, but not the same number as
previously seen.
I am suggesting they were White-fronted Terns. Any further sightings
or ID would be helpful please. My "Handbook of Australian Sea-Birds"
(Serventy, Serventy and Warham 1970) refers to a similar 'invasion'
on the southern NSW coastline on one day in 1959. Does anyone have
other similar observations or information?
Barbara Jones
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