ID-FRONTIERS for June 27-30, 2004

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Date   Time   a unigue photo quiz   Matt Sharp    Mon, 28 Jun 2004   7:27am   baby tern   Kent Nickell    Wed, 30 Jun 2004   10:42am   Re: baby tern   Menotti Passarella    Wed, 30 Jun 2004   11:14am

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Subject: a unigue photo quiz
From: Matt Sharp <sharp(AT)ACNATSCI.ORG>
Date: 28 Jun 2004 7:27am

I have nothing to do with this place but thought it provided a 
fun, different, and timely for those of us in the NE at least
photo quiz. You have to scroll just right to see the pics 
w/out the names.

the URL is here:http://www.westol.com/~banding/Summer2004_babypictures.html

This site has much great arcana on molt sequences etc.. along
with many great photos to look at.

Enjoy

Matt

Matt Sharp
Collection Manager
VIREO/ANS
1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.
Philadelphia PA  19103
www.acnatsci.org/vireo
(tel.) 215-299-1069
(fax) 215-299-1182


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Subject: baby tern
From: Kent Nickell <mountainpath(AT)MCHSI.COM>
Date: 30 Jun 2004 10:42am

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Hi, Doug Greenberg was wondering if someone could id this baby tern he =
recently photographed:

""During my morning constitutional dog walk at Pt. Isabel Regional =
Shoreline
in Richmond, California, this morning, I encountered this =
unusual-looking
young bird as it stood forlornly on the bluffs overlooking the rocky
shoreline of San Francisco Bay.

After a bit of head-scratching I identified it as a very young tern (or =
am I
wrong?)   My initial guess is a Forster's (Sterna forsteri), largely =
because
that's the most common small tern we have in this area.  But when an
off-leash dog approached it, thankfully the little thing flew off toward =
the
bay.  It looked VERY small, and so I wonder if it might be a Least tern
(Sterna antillarum), a species that does nest along the eastern =
shoreline of
the Bay.

The standard field guides aren't a lot of help to me in identifying this
bird.
Can anyone help here?""

Have the photo at http://www.greenbackedheron.com/id.cfm?setid=3D1130

Thanks much,

Kent Nickell
Waterloo, Iowa

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Subject: Re: baby tern
From: Menotti Passarella <menotti.passarella(AT)LIBERO.IT>
Date: 30 Jun 2004 11:14am

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If I had found this bird in Europe, I surely would have pointed to a =
Little Tern juvenile.
So, according to me it is a juv Least Tern. Look at this Least Tern at =
an earlier stage (compare the bill):
http://www.birdsasart.com/least-Tern-chick-Lido-279T1.jpg
Another juv Least Tern at a similar stage:
http://www.southwestbirders.com/SD_20020715/least%20tern_001_2s.jpg
Cheers
Menotti Passarella
info(AT)birdingitaly.com
http://www.birdingitaly.net

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  From: Kent Nickell=20
  To: BIRDWG01(AT)LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU=20
  Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:41 PM
  Subject: [BIRDWG01] baby tern

  Hi, Doug Greenberg was wondering if someone could id this baby tern he =
recently photographed:

  ""During my morning constitutional dog walk at Pt. Isabel Regional =
Shoreline
  in Richmond, California, this morning, I encountered this =
unusual-looking
  young bird as it stood forlornly on the bluffs overlooking the rocky
  shoreline of San Francisco Bay.

  After a bit of head-scratching I identified it as a very young tern =
(or am I
  wrong?)   My initial guess is a Forster's (Sterna forsteri), largely =
because
  that's the most common small tern we have in this area.  But when an
  off-leash dog approached it, thankfully the little thing flew off =
toward the
  bay.  It looked VERY small, and so I wonder if it might be a Least =
tern
  (Sterna antillarum), a species that does nest along the eastern =
shoreline of
  the Bay.

  The standard field guides aren't a lot of help to me in identifying =
this
  bird.
  Can anyone help here?""

  Have the photo at http://www.greenbackedheron.com/id.cfm?setid=3D1130

  Thanks much,

  Kent Nickell
  Waterloo, Iowa

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