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Black Tern at Thargomindah, SW Qld (now identified as Whiskered)

To: "'Carl Clifford'" <>
Subject: Black Tern at Thargomindah, SW Qld (now identified as Whiskered)
From: "Tony Russell" <>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 07:06:44 +1030
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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