[leasbirds] Re: Common Tern in Lubbock
- From: "Rob Lee" <robertclee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 15:39:23 -0500
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From: leasbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leasbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Anthony Hewetson
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:42 PM
To: leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Anthony Hewetson
Subject: [leasbirds] Common Tern in Lubbock
Greetings All:
Early this evening Phillip Kite found a Common Tern at Buddy Holly Park (Lake 1
in the Canyon Lakes System in Lubbock). I hustled on over and confirmed the
identification. Steve Collins showed up, took a few hundred photographs and
assured us that our identification was correct. Cameron Carver showed up, took
more photographs and concurred with the identification.
The bird appeared to be in transition from adult breeding plumage to adult
wintering plumage with a just filling in carpal bar. Thin, dark orange (almost
red) bill with black tip, pale centered tail with prominent dark outer edges,
and more uniformly gray upper wings than expected from our much more regularly
occurring Forster's Terns.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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