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help needed with bird ids

To: "Kim Gillen" <>, <>
Subject: help needed with bird ids
From: "Tom and Mandy Wilson" <>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:24:12 +1100
Kim
I'll have a stab at the terns, but leave the door open for definitive comment on the terns to others. They look like Commons to me - wings and tail look about equal in length - wingtips could be slightly longer even. Feet look slightly reddish and smudgy cap comes well beyond the eye, but I know that there are other factors at play as well that take Arctics in or out of the reckoning. On photo 3, I think the smaller birds are Little Terns - they seem to have yellowish bills? Certainly looks like a juvenile Grey Shrike-Thrush - the rusty mantle on the side on shots Cuckoo looks like a juvenile Fan Tailed (the yellow eye ring apparent in several shots).
Cheers
Tom Wilson



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