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Tern i.d. help n.y. (1 Viewer)
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birdmeister
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#1 looks like a mix of Common and Forster's.
#2 is Forster's.
#3 is Gull-billed (nice!).
#4, I think, is Sandwich, but hopefully someone else can chime in on this (Roseate, except for all-black, bulky bill?).
#2 is Forster's.
#3 is Gull-billed (nice!).
#4, I think, is Sandwich, but hopefully someone else can chime in on this (Roseate, except for all-black, bulky bill?).
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4 can't be Sandwich (or Cabot's) as they have dark legs + photo shows red.
Would say Roseate.
Agree on others.
tom baxter
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Im not completely sure that 3 is a Gull-billed. It would seem to be the best candidate in some ways, the bill is black and so is the head, which leaves likely candidates as Roseate or Gull-billed, but the legs look proportionately too short, the overall size and shape seems off and and the gape is too short for normal. I get a mixed feeling of it looks wrong and what else could it be. The photo shows a weird angle but I would also expect the bill to be thicker. I wonder if common term is an option... admittedly it is a stretch but it just looks wrong for a slam dunk Gill-billed in my opinion.
Birdbrain22
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I am also fairly certain that 3 is not a Gull-billed Tern. I am strongly leaning Common actually, but admit I am going back and forth between Common and Roseate(the only other option for me).
