[texbirds] Re: Old Port Isabel Rd & South Padre (Common Tern??)
- From: Joseph Kennedy <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:49:46 -0500
Most of the first year birds have red legs, sometimes as red as adults
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/99104515
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/81534631
The beak can be red too but not all red
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/86162998
Note that many of the tern plates were done at the british museum and that
European terns have different soft part colors then American birds. Maybe
our sandwich will become Cabot's again. Also soft part colors fade to black
on museum specimens if the are not painted when collected or after based on
pictures of the specimen. Come colors will be changed in the future or in
the latest. Also affects royal, Caspian, black terns too.
Lots of leg and bill colors of our terns at
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/1230_terns_alcids
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 6:36 PM, <MiriamEagl@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, all!
>
> Yes, the most interesting bird was a tern on the bay side access of South
> Padre (just north of the Convention Centre) that superficially at least
> looked like a non-breeding Common Tern, with a very black nape and a good
> carpal bar. The only thing that didn't match Sibley's illustration was
> that
> this bird had reddish legs, and Sibley shows black.
>
> --
> Joseph C. Kennedy
> on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
> Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
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