G'day Richard
I immediately thought of Port Isabel, Texas where I had a great tern day a few
years ago. I've just checked and I saw only 6 tern species (Gull-billed,
Caspian Royal, Cabot's, Least and Forster's). Other tern species are to be
found there so I reckon it is a good candidate for a global tern hotspot.
I went on a boat with Scarlet Colley (http://www.fin2feather.com/) for a three
hour birding trip and we also saw such birds as Great Northern Loon, Northern
Crested Caracara, Long-billed Curlew, Willet, Dunlin, Laughing and Ring-billed
Gulls, Black Skimmer and Mangrove Warbler. Lots of dolphins too.
Cheers
Steve
On 01/12/2012, at 10:30 PM, "Richard Nowotny" <>
wrote:
> A big tern day at the Western Treatment Plant (Werribee, Vic) today (with
> John and Shirley Tongue and family):
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> Caspian, Crested, Common, Whiskered, White-winged Black, Little, Fairy.
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> [I suspect there aren't too many individual sites around the world where one
> can see 7 tern species in a day.]
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> Other good birds today included Great Knot, Pacific Golden Plover, Lewin's
> Rail, Banded Stilt, Banded Lapwing, White-necked Heron and that remarkable
> number of Freckled Duck at Walsh's Lagoon (estimated, on the wing, at well
> over 50).
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> Richard Nowotny
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> Port Melbourne, Victoria
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> M: 0438 224 456
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