Further to this, the bird was seen and photographed at 5pm on Friday and at
8:15am today. Neither time by Ruth and I :(
Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria
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On 09/10/2010, at 6:24 AM, Paul G Dodd <> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Ruth and I, with Alan Crawford, looked for the tern Friday afternoon from
> 5:30pm with no joy. I know of another birder that looked Thursday at around
> the same time, also with no luck. It would appear that late morning to
> mid-afternoon at the latest is definitely the best time to look.
>
> Paul Dodd
> Docklands, Victoria
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 09/10/2010, at 2:29 AM, "Mike Carter" <> wrote:
>
>> The latest info I have received is that the bird was still there on Friday 7
>> October at 2.15 p.m. when, as it had done several times during the morning,
>> Steve Davidson saw it fly from the beach to feed offshore - just before
>> other birders arrived. Haven't heard whether it returned but anyone wishing
>> to see it should look sometime between 10.00 and 12.00. I've always found
>> around 11.00 the best time to look for White-fronted Terns at Mornington
>> when they pass through in September/October.
>>
>> In my previous post on this bird giving the reasons for my ID, I omitted to
>> state the age of this individual. Danny Rogers, Jeff Davies and I agree that
>> this bird is about 15 months, i.e. one and a bit years, old. It is in first
>> summer/second winter plumage. The leg colour wasn't visible in the original
>> photos, but in the field they appear very red as does the gape. The old
>> blackish looking primaries are retained from juvenile plumage so are
>> entitled to appear worn and weary! In this terminology the seasons referred
>> to are the boreal ones as that is where the species breeds.
>>
>> Mike Carter
>> 30 Canadian Bay Road
>> Mount Eliza VIC 3930
>> Tel (03) 9787 7136
>>
>>
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