[TN-Bird] Re: Common-Forster
- From: Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Ed Schneider <ed.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:21:22 -0400
In my opinion, these are definitely Common Terns. In my (rather extensive)
experience birding around Old Hickory Lake, Common Terns are storm birds,
so it's not at all surprising to me that that is what these turned out to
be.
Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN
http://www.chrissloanphotography.com
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Ed Schneider <ed.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Thanks for the additional images, Jerry. Based on tail length and
> seemingly darker outer web, I would go with Common. Though these birds are
> much less "common" in TN, the Sterna that drop in to this location seem to
> quite often be Common, and maybe are only 50% Forster's (this is a
> non-scientific observation, however, based on my short six years of birding
> experience).
>
> Ed Schneider
> Davidson Co.
>
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> From: theprojectroom@xxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 02:23:14 +0000
> To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Common-Forster
>
>
> Thanks for all of the input on the Terns. Forster-Common has always been
> a tough one for me. I guessed Common in the field, with the potential they
> might be Forster's. When I got home I consulted my Sibley guide, and it
> show the Forster's to have the longer tail, and the Common to be shorter.
> Some of these photos appear to have a longer tail, but to be honest,
> sometimes I have trouble with what is tail and what is wing, but here are
> some more really poor photos. I did catch part of one on the wing and
> there is a definite black line in the tail that my Sibley guide indicates
> that is probably Common. Also I see the dark carpal bar in a couple of them
> which also indicates Common. I'd really like to know, the Forster will be
> a new Tennessee bird for me, but I don't want to put it on my list if it
> isn't legit. You guys are helping me improve my identification skills. I
> am planning in the near future to create a "UFO" folder on my FLIKR acct to
> get some help with some other stuff that I am having trouble with. I'll
> post when I get it done and again help is greatly appreciated, jw
>
>
> Jerry Webb
> Hendersonville Tennessee
>
>
> Jerry Webb
> The Project Room Studio
> 111 Freehill Rd, Hendersonville TN 37075
> 615 300 7026
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