Hi Steve,
Bird 2 - I believe is a 1st year White-fronted Tern.
I took photos of very similar looking Terns in Jul 09, which Chris Corben
identified for me, as 1st year White-fronted Terns.
A couple of Chris's comments about my photos, which I think can also relate
to your photo are:
"The dark centred tertials - these are juvenal feathers and it's far too
early to be seeing juvenal Common Tern in Australia "
"The white upper edge to the primaries, seen beautifully in Tern2 at rest.
This is caused by the way the white on the inner webs of the primaries
extends out towards the tip around the dark marks. It is never seen like
this in Common Tern."
You can see the full response from Chris here:
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/birding-aus/2009-07/msg001
84.html
Cheers,
Steve McBride.
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Sent: Tuesday, 7 June 2011 7:41 PM
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Subject: ID Confirmation required
Hello all. I have just returned from a journey to the southern states, and,
since I have limited experience with some of the species I've photographed,
I am seeking some ID confirmation.
Bird 1 was photographed at a roadside rest stop north of Wanganella in NSW.
It was in open country. I think it is either a Pink robin or a Flame robin.
I am leaning towards Flame because it looks as if it may have white along
the tail edge (although I don't recall noticing this on the live bird.
Bird 2 looks slightly larger than a Common Tern. The bill is long and I have
a blurry photo of the underwing which shows no dark trailing edge. I am
leaning toward White-fronted Tern which I've seen in NZ but only in breeding
plumage. It was taken at Waitpinga Beach in SA.
Bird 3 & 4. Taken at Mt Lyndhurst Station. (I'm not 100% sure it's the same
bird) Either an Elegant Parrot or a Blue-winged. I am leaning towards BW
parrot because the frontal band seems to stop dead at the eye, although the
wing seems to have less blue than in the field guides.
The images are here at http://www.pbase.com/sjmurray/confirmation_required
I would be interested in any comments.
Steve Murray
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