[birdky] Sooty Tern Retraction
- From: "Mark " <benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BIRDKY" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:42:43 -0500
31 August 2005
After further study, primarily based on behavior, I am going to retract
my call of a Sooty Tern and 2 probable Sooty Terns at Taylorville Lake
yesterday evening. While the plumage of 1 bird (to the degree it could
be observed in rain with foggy equipment) was a dead ringer for an adult
in transition from Breeding to Post Breeding Adult Sooty as illustrated
in Sibley, the manner of flight as led me to believe that a Black Tern
immature may have been a better call. The bird did not really resemble
Black Terns as illustrated in any field guide, but the manner of flight
was not what I would expect, upon further review, for Sooty Tern and
similar to what I would expect for Black Tern.
Therefore, I withdraw the "claim" and hope not many people expended time
looking for the bird (unless they found it and agreed with my original
call).
Mark Bennett
113 Iroquois Circle
Russellville, KY 42276
Logan County, Kentucky
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