Whiskered Tern, Tokaanu wharf

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Whiskered Tern, Tokaanu wharf

Postby Michael Szabo » Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:56 am

Jesse Golden just posted this photo on the New Zealand Birders Facebook page showing the bird on the wharf a few minutes ago:
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Re: Whiskered Tern, Tokaanu wharf

Postby andrewcrossland » Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:35 pm

It's amazing how often one rare bird follows another. .....
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Re: Whiskered Tern, Tokaanu wharf

Postby Michael Szabo » Fri Jan 19, 2018 7:12 pm

Observer effort has gone up following recent sightings there, I suspect.
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Re: Whiskered Tern, Tokaanu wharf

Postby Oscar Thomas » Fri Jan 19, 2018 7:21 pm

Anything to support the theory it’s just one bird moving around?
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Re: Whiskered Tern, Tokaanu wharf

Postby sav » Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:33 pm

Hey Oscar,

Nothing to support that theory except the fact that all this Summer's birds have looked exactly the same. I think there has most likely only been one Whiskered Tern here.
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Re: Whiskered Tern, Tokaanu wharf

Postby tim » Sat Jan 20, 2018 2:08 pm

Whiskered tern present again this morning. No yellow billed spoonbills or wwbt either
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Re: Whiskered Tern, Tokaanu wharf

Postby Davidthomas » Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:33 am

Mike Ashbee reports the tern was present at the wharf this morning
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Re: Whiskered Tern, Tokaanu wharf

Postby RussCannings » Sun Jan 21, 2018 3:57 pm

Lisa and I arrived at the wharf around noon today but no sign. Launched the kayak and paddled out to the gull colony at the Tongariro River delta and BINGO! Got it. Stayed there for about an hour without moving much. Was still there when we paddled back. So I guess it's worth bringing a watercraft if you can (just in case). Around 180 Black-billed Gull chicks at the colony.
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Re: Whiskered Tern, Tokaanu wharf

Postby tim » Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:07 pm

the whiskered tern also was spending quite a bit of time roosting on the polls near the entrance into the boat harbour and it seems when the roost were full and it was on this side of the rivermouth it would roost on the whaft.
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Re: Whiskered Tern, Tokaanu wharf

Postby sav » Mon Jan 22, 2018 7:04 pm

Hi all,
Present today around 4.30 on the old wharf.
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