White-Winged Black Tern - Motueka River.

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Steve Wood
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White-Winged Black Tern - Motueka River.

Postby Steve Wood » Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:26 pm

I bird feeding near Motueka bridge this afternoon with 25+ Black fronted Tern.
Was seen last year on Sept 6th.at the same site.
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Re: White-Winged Black Tern - Motueka River.

Postby Roblyn » Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:13 pm

Is it likely to stay around for any length of time Steve?
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Re: White-Winged Black Tern - Motueka River.

Postby Steve Wood » Fri Aug 28, 2020 6:53 am

last year there was one still present (on and off) till the end of Nov.
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Re: White-Winged Black Tern - Motueka River.

Postby David Melville » Fri Aug 28, 2020 9:26 am

It was there midday-ish on Tuesday
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Re: White-Winged Black Tern - Motueka River.

Postby Ken George » Fri Aug 28, 2020 9:38 am

The tern, and I'm assuming it's the same individual, comes back most years to the Motueka River bridge location. Just checked my eBird records and my first sighting of it was Oct 2015, after a tip-off by Steve Wood.
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Re: White-Winged Black Tern - Motueka River.

Postby Ken George » Sat Aug 29, 2020 6:18 pm

Present today Sat 29th at 2.00pm with flock of black fronted terns.
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Re: White-Winged Black Tern - Motueka River.

Postby Steve Wood » Sat Aug 29, 2020 7:13 pm

showing well today with Black Fronted terns (25+) until a Falcon cruised through and upset their feeding temporarily.
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Re: White-Winged Black Tern - Motueka River.

Postby Adam C » Sun Aug 30, 2020 6:22 pm

Nice shots Steve.
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Re: White-Winged Black Tern - Motueka River.

Postby Steve Wood » Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:57 pm

One bird seen today with 12 Black Fronted Terns feeding around Mot bridge. at 14:00hrs
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Re: White-Winged Black Tern - Motueka River.

Postby Adam C » Wed Sep 30, 2020 5:01 pm

Great views this afternoon. No way I can get flight shots with my little super-zoom but after watching the bird hawking with 30 odd Black Fronted Terns for 15 minutes or so the only tern that decided to stop and and have a breather briefly in front of me was the cute little WWBT. Felt very lucky! Heat haze was a bit of a killer but still happy to get some record shots!
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