[texbirds] Common Tern in Lubbock
- From: Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:42:27 -0500
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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