Can anyone help? For the second evening I have spotted about a dozen terns at Myers Park on the little spit just to the left of the northern most pavilion. They are mixed in with a few gulls and ducks. I can't make a positive ID. They are crested and some have bright orange-red bills with completely black heads while the others (probably juveniles) have spotted wing plumage with dark feathers not completely covering their heads. All legs are dark. Lots of feeding on the soft shore with occasional popping up high to plunge back down to the sand.
I have seen Elegant and Royal Terns on San Diego's beaches in the winter and these guys at Myers seem to look a lot like them but my books don't say they ever come to our neck of the woods. Thanks for your help! Sue Henne -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
