White Tern at Quilpie sw Qld?

["Gavin O'Meara" <>]

we have just returned from a birding trip to the far west of Qld - at and 
around Bedourie we saw large numbers of gull billed terns and whiskered 
terns - and one white winged black tern
regards

Gavin O'Meara


> From: John Tongue <>
> To: "Elizabeth Shaw" <>
> CC: 
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] White Tern at Quilpie sw Qld?
> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:46:37 +1000
>
> Some years ago we frequently got Gull-billed Terns (a fairly common inland 
> Tern) around Goondiwindi, in Southern Qld.  Could it have been one of 
> these?
> John Tongue
> Ulverstone, Northern Tasmania
>
> On Saturday, April 21, 2007, at 08:23  PM, Elizabeth Shaw wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > On Thursday I was taken to Lake Hourdiman (26 degrees35.16's,
> > 144degrees18.50') about 5 km east of Quilpie for a brief morning tea break
> > en route elsewhere.  While sitting under the requisite Coolibah Tree one 
> > of
> > the children I was with, using my binoculars, commented that she saw a 
> > 'sea
> > gull'.  I looked and from a distance it certainly looked like a very white
> > Silver Gull, but the flight was more like that of a tern. It briefly flew
> > much closer to us and I could see it was all white with a sharp black beak
> > and black eye.  On checking the books all I could think it was would be a
> > White Tern, but way out of range. Has anyone else seen this bird?  Is 
> > there
> > anyone else in the area who could check and offer a second opinion?
> > Elizabeth Shaw
> > Currently at Cooma Station,
> > Eromanga
> > sw Queensland
> >
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