Terns

4 responses to “Terns”

1. vicki brown

   May 11, 2016 at 8:30 am

   It looks like there is a band on the left feet of these terns.

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   1. mthew

      May 11, 2016 at 9:09 am

      Yes, a fair number of the Caspian and Royal terns we saw a week ago on the Chesapeake were banded. Afraid I launched this post without finishing it! So folks are just getting the pictures…

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2. Paul Lamb

   May 12, 2016 at 5:34 am

   Do the different colored beaks signify?

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   1. mthew

      May 12, 2016 at 11:04 am

      Therein lies a good question. I keep wanting to make the bigger one a Caspian, but it lacks the dark or black on the tip of the bill, yet it looks bigger than the orange billed one, a Royal; bigger billed, too. But some Royals seem to have fairly red bills.

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