Hi to all, with a request,
I have heard of a report of Fairy Terns in the Pumicestone Passage,
SEQld. This is a very unusual occurrence. I am seeking photos or
information from southern Australian birders to help me fill a
knowledge gap.
Here in southern Qld we get virtually no experience of Fairy Terns, and
have to travel further south to do so. I have very little experience
myself of Fairy Terns (a handful of occasions), but knowing how
difficult terns can be because of their changing plumages, I know that
the field guides are only helpful for the breeding and non-breeding
seasons. When the birds are passing from one phase to another as now,
they are generally not documented. A search of google images didn't
help me either.
If there is anyone in southern Australia who has been photographing
them, I would very much like to find out how they look at different
months of the year. I would like to know what they look like now.
Either by description or by photograph taken at a known month, I would
be grateful for any information to help fill my knowledge gap. I am
interested in bill and leg colour, degree of black cap, condition of
the primaries so as to read the age of the primaries, at any single
month.
I don't want to clog up the list with this stuff, so would anyone with
a comment please contact me privately?
Cheers,
Jill
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Jill Dening
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
26° 51' 41"S 152° 56' 00"E
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