This morning (8/22) Katrina Stowasser and I got to Timnath Reservoir before 7 to try to refind the terns. We were not able to find any terns, but there were also a ton of birds on the islands. The birds of interest we saw this morning was 1 imm Hooded Merganser and 1 Horned Grebe (first found by Steve Mlodinow and we also saw it yesterday). We returned to Timnath Reservoir just before noon. We started at the park in the SW corner. From there we saw 1 Forster's Tern sitting on the island where all the terns were yesterday. We then went around to the NE side of the lake where we spotted another tern standing on the island, which is a lot closer then we were yesterday and with it being partly cloudy made for pretty good lighting. This tern had an all black cap, wingtips were about the same color gray as the back, a short fairly straight all red bill. Since it was slightly on the back side of the island and the angle it was standing we were not able to tell the breast color or the leg length or color, but there was a Franklin's Gull standing right beside it and we were able to see most of the legs, so it appeared to have very short legs. I hope others are able to see this bird, but from missing it this morning it means it could be difficult to see. We did see 3 other terns flying around from this location, 1 was a Forster's Tern, 1 appeared to be another Forster's, and the other I am not sure what it was. Cole Wild Loveland
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