It's lovely here in Adelaide too.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Clifford
Sent: Saturday, 4 October 2014 1:10 PM
To: Tony Russell
Cc: <>; <>
Subject: Black Tern at Thargomindah, SW Qld (now
identified as Whiskered)
Be lovely in Thargo this time of year Tony.
Carl Clifford
> On 4 Oct 2014, at 10:10, Tony Russell <> wrote:
>
> Whew ! Now I don't have to race off to Thargominda, what a relief.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On
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> Sent: Friday, 3 October 2014 5:41 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Thursday, 2 October 2014, 19:05, ""
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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