Just wanted to be clear about the terns seen this morning. At 715am I saw 22 small terns flying around the 2nd island down Eastport drive, 2 looked like could have smaller head and bills than the other terns. I am not 100peecent sure of id so wasn't going to post. At no point did I say a flock of Arctic Terns
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Wayne Renaud <waynerenau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > After the OFO birding outing led by Len Manning I end up going back to > Hutchin's Restaurant at 1:15 pm to watch the lake. As the rain started > around 2:30 pm and flock of mixed gulls and terns flew in from the lake and > landed with a group of gulls already gathered there. With the flock were > two juvenile Arctic Terns. I was able to see from 70 feet the differences > between the Arctic Terns and juvenile and winter plumage adult Common > Terns. The juvenile Arctic Terns were characterized by pale grey scaling > on the back, wing coverts and primaries; short black bill; round head; dark > cap on back of head and nape somewhat less restricted; very light > carpal-bar relative to the juvenile Common Terns; noticeable smaller body > mass. Because of sleet; drizzle and high winds I was unable to > photographs. Andrew Don told me that he seen a small flock of Arctic Terns > near on the island off East Port Drive just after 7:00 this morning. > > Directions: > Located off Van Wagners Beach Road which can be accessed off the QEW from > the Woodward exiting heading east or the East Port Drive exit heading west. > > > Wayne Renaud (waynerenau...@gmail.com) > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
