After talking shop about migrating Terns with Michael Farina at Oceanside Marine Nature Center recently, A concentrated effort to check out Nickerson looking for all the Terns I have yet to see, Roseate,Gull-billed, Arctic and Sandwich has been in effect. Upon arriving a few days ago I had a Royal Tern on the beach,not far from the dunes where there is always varying degrees of water. Unfortunately a peregrine flushed it, and everything else around, and I tried to relocate it unsuccessfully the rest of the afternoon. Looking back on the same area a hour or so later, I noticed a bathing tern that looked different, and happily it was a Gull-billed Tern. It did not stay long, and I also couldn't relocate it. Today June 4th, I went back to Nickerson in the late afternoon and was seeing common and least terns, many laughing Gulls and a few Piping Plovers back were i had seen the royal and gull billed terns. I headed to the main tern/skimmer nesting area, with caution and respect of course, and my luck changed to amazing when I bumped into Bob P. he was scanning the area and pulled out a Roseate Tern as it came in to land close to the water mixing in with a flock of common Terns. We were both elated and got great looks at the Roseate, Thanks Bob, that was impressive, and I'm so appreciative!! This was getting close to sundown with grey skies and I know it's a late report, but I hope it can give some idea of what's going on down at Nickerson! Kind Regards-Kev
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