Hi again,
The latest thinking on this bird is that it is a very worn juvenile Whiskered.
The one thing that is still baffling is the very dark crown but all other
features (now that higher res images have been made available) point to
Whiskered. Seems we are still learning the full suite of appearances of birds
we often see, such as Whiskered Terns.
Apologies - I should have placed "possible" at the front of the subject
heading last night.
Mick
On 03/10/2014, at 15:28, Mick Roderick <> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Some concern has been raised about the identity of the bird, mainly because
> the images available thus far have been photographs emailed from a phone
> taken from the phone camera of the rear of the digital camera screen. I
> probably should have said "possible" on my post yesterday but the discussions
> about this bird last night were pointing at a Black Tern. It will be
> difficult to actually be certain until the camera images can be looked at
> properly. Unfortunately, this may not be until the end of the weekend.
>
> Will keep you posted.
>
> Mick
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, 2 October 2014, 19:05, ""
> <> wrote:
>
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>
> Just a quick note to tell you that a Black Tern is currently being watched
> going to roost at the bore water cooling ponds by Allan Richardson, who found
> and photographed the bird this afternoon.
>
> The bird looks like one of the race niger (Eurasian Black Tern) which may
> not have been confirmed in Australia before?
>
> Images have been posted on Birdline and are doing the rounds on Facebook
> apparently.
>
> I'll post updates tomorrow as I receive them from Al.
>
> Mick
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