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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lostinjapan" data-source="post: 1256230" data-attributes="member: 40391">Hey AllThanks for all comments.This bird was in the company of 50+ Common Tern and it was the only bird in 2nd or 3rd calendar year plumage as Harry says.What confused me about this bird was that at times it appeared to be all black in the bill, but actually was more a very dark scarlet turning black..without any traces of orange.Common and Roseate both have secondary bars and dark bills.  This bird was considerably short-legged than adult Common, almost a third smaller than adult summer Common Terns and not much larger than the juvenile Common Terns.It had a higher-pitched call.than Common Tern, was constantly harrassed by them, and spent a lot of time hovering, and broke the surface more delicately than Common when hitting the water.It was very pale beneath and actually apart from darkish riamry patch, appeared quite pale in flight, though obviously not as pale as Forster's and a little darker than one would expect on Roseate.Sean</blockquote>