Whew ! Now I don't have to race off to Thargominda, what a relief.
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From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Sent: Friday, 3 October 2014 5:41 PM
To:
Subject: Black Tern at Thargomindah, SW Qld (now
identified as Whiskered)
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
>
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> 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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