Unknown bird, Darwin Harbour

[Laurie Knight <>]

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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