Arctic tern at Bluff

Post by **Brent Stephenson** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 10:52 am

Hi all,
Brilliant few days on tour around the West Coast and Fiordland, with falcon, yellowhead, Fiordland crested penguin, rock wren and blue duck with ducklings. See my blog for details.

http://b1rder.blogspot.co.nz

We just arrived at Bluff to cross to Stewart Island and found an ARCTIC TERN in amongst the feeding white-fronted tern just along from the ferry terminal in Bluff. Easy to pick amongst the white-fronteds.

Cheers,

Jan · Post by **Jan** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:52 am

Who is banding the Rockwren down there? Was that part of the DNA study from a while back?

Post by **Brent Stephenson** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:01 pm

Jan,
Associate Prof Bruce Robertson from Otago Uni has been doing work there for about five years...
Cheers,

Post by **Brent Stephenson** » Fri Nov 27, 2015 5:15 pm

Here are some photos of the Arctic tern seen at Bluff - sorry these have taken a while - I realise some people were interested in seeing images.

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Thanks,

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