Red headed woodpecker was calling by snackbar between area 1 and 2. Also had an almost adult COMMON LOON. There were plenty of CASPIAN TERNS. There were many COMMON TERNS too, one that had almost an entirely red bill. There was a small touch of gray at the very tip but only from the right side of bird. When the bird looked left it was all red!!! I got great looks at this bird as it was on a buoy. Its legs were the same size as the other commons, wing pattern similar when it flew, plus body was gray like wings so I am going with COTE. I could see how this can be a difficult id and confused with ARCTIC TERN. I presume the amount of black on the end of the bill of the COTE varies....
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