Common tern Otaki
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Common tern Otaki
Have just seen a common tern roosting with several hundred white-fronted at Otaki River mouth. Will post more details later.
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Re: Common tern Otaki
A couple of record shots below. The tern stood out pretty well for the white-fronts, being considerably darker grey on the upper-parts, grey primaries and smaller and slimmer size. Looks like it's coming into breeding plumage with pretty uniform grey upper-parts and a hint of grey on the chest and belly. Still needs the rest of the cap, but little black feathers were visible coming through all the way down to the bill.
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Re: Common tern Otaki
great sighting even though its old
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