Have you ruled out Cayenne Tern or orange-billed form of the Sandwich Tern?
Hugh On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Andrew Baksh <[email protected]> wrote: > Quick update, the Elegant Tern was last seen heading out to the Ocean > minutes ago as we left the flats in very high tide. > > At this point, we feel very good about the ID after getting better > looks and discussing the field marks amongst ourselves. I'll post > photos later. > > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > On Jul 3, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Andrew Baksh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Andy Guthrie, Michael Scheibel and I just observed and documented what > > looked like an Elegant Tern on the Cupsogue Flats. Thought I would > > put it out there even for anyone in the area. Tide is near high, so > > be aware of that if you head over. > > > > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > > > Andrew Baksh > > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Hugh McGuinness Washington, D.C. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
