Monday, 19 January 2015

Fairy Terns


Fairy Terns

6 comments:

  1. gorgeous things. I think these are the ones I took photos of as they soared above the river last Friday

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  2. They are really tiny little things for terns and are quite fluttery, not to mention vocal in flight. Quite musical for a seabird!

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  3. whatever they are they are beautiful.  Not sure now whether they were fairy terns 'cause they don't seem to have been that small

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  4. Well these are definitely fairy terns. You get Crested and the unmistakeable Caspian terns on the Swan too.

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  5. If it doesn't have a bright orange crayon for a beak and it doesn't sport a Mohawk then it must be a fairy. Or something like that.

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  6. Apart from that, the fairy terns are significantly smaller. Marsh terns and Bridled Terns are about, and others so it isn't a failsafe, but pretty much.

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