[TN-Bird] Eagle Bend Forster's Tern - 8/26

From: "Shane H. Williams" <shanehwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tennessee Bird List" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:05:32 -0400
Yesterday, 8/26 I visited eagle Bend Fish Hatchery (Anderson Co.) from 12:50 to 
1:40. I spotted what i'm fairly sure was a Forster's Tern at the end of one of 
the long narrow ponds to the right of the road. Legs orangy-red, beak mostly 
blackish with orange at base of lower beak, breast white, back and wings light 
gray w/ primaries slightly darker. The head looked more like my field guide's 
winter Common Tern w/ black nape and rear crown w/ speckling of front crown. 
When I drove to the upper pond the tern began flying around the narrow ponds 
and plunge-diving for ~10 minutes. In flight the primaries did seem lighter 
than the rest of wings and back. The head caused some confusion for me but I 
guess the lighter primaries make it Forster's. I also read in another guide 
when I got home that Common Tern molts later in the year. It returned to it's 
original spot just before I left. A Great Egret was in the rear right pond as 
well and 3 Green Herons were seen.

Shane Williams - Knoxville, TN
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[TN-Bird] Eagle Bend Forster's Tern - 8/26

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