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Mystery Tern at Lake Samsonvale (SE Qld)

To: Mike Carter <>, Tom Tarrant <>, Birding-aus <>
Subject: Mystery Tern at Lake Samsonvale (SE Qld)
From: Nikolas Haass <>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:16:14 -0700 (PDT)
I agree with Mike. I had some difficulties judging the colours, but the jizz of 
the bird fits Crested rather than Lesser Crested Tern. 


Cheers,

Nikolas

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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW



----- Original Message ----
From: Mike Carter <>
To: Tom Tarrant <>; Birding-aus <>
Sent: Sun, August 1, 2010 11:42:27 AM
Subject: Mystery Tern at Lake Samsonvale (SE Qld)

Looks like a Crested Tern to me although the upper wing is paler than most. 
Bill 
looks yellow to me.

Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
Tel  (03) 9787 7136





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