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Unidentified tern at Lake Cargellico

To: Bob Ashford <>
Subject: Unidentified tern at Lake Cargellico
From: "" <>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 06:19:15 +0000
Hi Bob,

There was a single White-winged Black Tern at the Cargy Poo Ponds in late 
October last year.

Mick

> On 13 Oct 2015, at 12:55, Bob Ashford <> wrote:
>
> Hi Birders
>
>
>
> I was at the Sewage Works at L Cargellico, NSW, last week (Tue 6th Oct) with
> a number of birders from Birdlife Shoalhaven.
>
>
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> There were numerous Gull-billed and Whiskered terns there and one other tern
> that was not in summer plumage.
>
> It was resting on a mud bar along with many other GB and W terns
>
> It appeared to be smaller than the Whiskered
>
> While not as strongly marked as I have seen other White-winged Black Terns
> my first inclination was to suggest it might be
>
> Others agreed it looked different form the W and GB but identification was
> not conclusive
>
>
>
> I cant think what else it would be (and I am not a brilliant twitcher!!) and
> was wondering whether others have seen WWBT there before
>
>
>
> Your comments appreciated
>
>
>
> Many thanks
>
> Bob Ashford
>
> 
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