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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