Thanks for the update Steve, of note a few days ago I observed two of the roseates at Nickerson displaying courtship behavior. I tried to get it on video, but they stopped before I could start filming. Maybe some are breeding? Or practice? Also of note, some birders observed last year there was a roseate that bred with a common tern but the nest was unsuccessful. Thoughts anyone? Mike Z.
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 7:19 PM Steve Walter <[email protected]> wrote: > After submitting last week’s Nickerson Beach Roseate Tern bands, I got > back the official information today. There’s a correction to the > preliminary info. It turns out both birds were banded as chicks two years > ago. So that “second summer type” bird (Y11) is indeed two years old, not > three as previously reported. In fact, the actual banding date was June 26, > 2016 – two years ago today. So I thought it was important to pass that > along. With all the people now studying terns, I don’t want misleading > information out there. > > > > Not that there can’t be older birds with incomplete adult plumage, but I’m > getting the sense that it’s more likely to find two year old birds in full > adult plumage (but not breeding yet). I say this because today there were > two more adult birds, again with blue bands (J03 and J76). Since this is > the first year that I’m seeing these kinds of bands, I’m going to assume – > until I definitively find out otherwise – that such banding began two years > ago. So I’m assuming today’s birds are two year olds that are roaming > around (as opposed to birds that should be on the breeding grounds, > providing new chicks for blue bands to be placed on). > > > > There was also a “second summer type” plumaged Roseate, with more > extensive white on the forehead than Y11. At first I thought of the > possibility of a first summer type. But a closer look at the rest of the > bird dissuaded me on that. This one is not banded, so I won’t know for sure > from banding data. But I will get to enjoy untainted pictures of a > different looking Roseate than I’ve gotten before. I’ve added one picture > to the bottom of my Recent Work page, along with the 5 Common Eiders that I > think were previously reported. No picture of the male Surf Scoter or the > Bottle-nosed Dolphins (even though I think I actually got enough of one to > get its eye out of the water). > > > > > > Steve Walter > > Bayside, NY > > http://stevewalternature.com/ > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
