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great crested tern
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An assortment of black and whites
Australian Ibis, Great Crested Tern and others, not so easily picked out; but there's a White-faced Heron, Caspian Tern and a little Silver Gull. There's other things out there, brownish... merging into the mud and seaweed and I've not a scoobie about them!!- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia australian ibis chroicocephalus novaehollandiae great crested tern little grove nikon coolpix p900 november silver gull thalasseus bergii threskiornis molucca western australia
- Comments: 11
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Cresties
A little apart from the pelicans was a group of Great Crested Tern. These guys too, a bit dozy.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia emu point great crested tern nikon coolpix p900 november oyster harbour thalasseus bergii western australia
- Comments: 8
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Great Crested Tern
An adult in non-breeding plumage showing streaky black hind-crown. Other names include Greater Crested Tern, Crested Tern and Swift Tern, sometimes hyphenated Great Crested-Tern. Subspecies differ primarily in mantle color and extent of white in the forehead in breeding plumage. Indonesian...- jmorlan
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- ceram sea great crested tern indonesia seram island thalasseus bergii
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Daddy bird, Mummy bird and Baby bird
Sorry, just couldn't resist that title, just reminded me of the Goldilocks story LOL. Just beyond the Welcome Swallows was this group consisting of Australian Pelican, Great Cormorant, Silver Gull, Caspian Tern and Great Crested Tern.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia australian pelican caspian tern chroicocephalus novaehollandiae great cormorant great crested tern hydroprogne caspia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november pelecanus conspicillatus phalacrocorax carbo silver gull thalasseus bergii western australia
- Comments: 10
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Great Crested Tern
An adult in non-breeding plumage showing streaky black hind-crown. They go under various alternate English names: Greater Crested Tern, Crested Tern and Swift Tern, sometimes hyphenated Great Crested-Tern. Formerly included in the genus "Sterna." Races poorly differentiated differing primarily...- jmorlan
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- great crested tern namibia thalasseus bergii
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- Category: Africa
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Hunting
It's always nice to return to a site a few days later and be able to pick up different species. Hot on the heels of the kingfisher, I spotted a Great Crested Tern hunting over the water. I love terns. Had my booster vaccines this morning!- delia todd
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- 2019 australia gold coast great crested tern nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland thalasseus bergii
- Comments: 10
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Unexpected
Further along the beach we came across a group of Great Crested Terns, my first sighting of these large terns. I quite over-looked the fact that there was a Gull-billed tern in amongst them until I downloaded the pictures!! I really didn't think terns could be so big LOL SF- delia todd
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- 2019 australia bribie island buckley's hole buckley's hole beach fuji finepix hs50 gelochelidon nilotica great crested tern gull-billed tern october queensland saturday fun thalasseus bergii
- Comments: 12
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Great but smaller
... well smaller than Caspian that is! It's nearly 10cm smaller. So this was the other main tern species found in harbour here.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia great crested tern little grove nikon coolpix p900 november rushy point thalasseus bergii western australia
- Comments: 13
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Waders and friends on the beach
After admiring the Pipit, June and I went and sat in the hide for a bit. As the birds were a bit distant I took a more general picture of a largish group out on a sandbar. Mainly I can pick out Australian Ibis, Great Crested Tern, Silver Gull, White-faced Heron. I also recorded Grey Plover...- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia australian ibis great crested tern nikon coolpix p900 november silver gull threskiornis molucca western australia white-faced heron
- Comments: 11
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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More waiting passengers
Further along that pontoon were some Great Crested Terns. Guess they were waiting for the next boat too!- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia emu point great crested tern nikon coolpix p900 november oyster harbour thalasseus bergii western australia
- Comments: 9
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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A crestie
.... but a darn sight bigger than the 'crestie' we know and love in Scotland LOL Another tern hanging out on the beach were some Great Crested Terns. Nice looking guys aren't they.- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia great crested tern little grove nikon coolpix p900 november thalasseus bergii western australia
- Comments: 16
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Hunting
Some places, like Oxenford Weir, you just have to have your eyes looking in all directions and at all levels! For no sooner had I taken the picture of the cormorant at water level than I spotted a Great Crested Tern hovering up in the air trying to spot a fish! I was pretty pleased with this...- delia todd
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- 2019 australia gold coast great crested tern nikon coolpix p900 october oxenford weir queensland thalasseus bergii
- Comments: 17
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Cresties
.... but these are a darn sight bigger than what we call 'cresties' over here LOL. These are Great Crested Terns and are rather large. Nice birds these and another Lifer of course!- delia todd
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- 2019 australia bribie island buckley's hole buckley\'s hole beach fuji finepix hs50 great crested tern october queensland thalasseus bergii
- Comments: 9
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii cristata)
also called Crested Tern or Swift Tern- Dave Clark
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- great crested tern thalasseus bergii
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii cristata)
also called Crested Tern or Swift Tern- Dave Clark
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- great crested tern thalasseus bergii
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Cleared to land !
Was fascinating watching hundreds of Gret Crested Tern vying for position !- barty63
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- great crested tern thalasseus bergii
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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The Gift of Love
The bird in the left (supposedly male) offered a small fish to the bird in the right (supposedly female). The female gladly accepted. Birds too have their rituals in establishing their relationship. Happy Valentine's Day!!!- tunpin.ong
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- great crested tern thalasseus bergii
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Great Crested-Tern
One of the Tern pix's- Big Pix
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- great crested tern sterna bergii
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands