Elegant Tern by Caroline Lambert

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26-Aug-2012	Caroline Lambert

Elegant Tern

Monterey Bay

This tern was seen near the start of the trip. When I took the photo I thought it was a Caspian Tern because of the thick, all-orange bill. However, Caspians don't have white foreheads, and its wings are more slender than a Caspian's. Elegant Tern? This is the only photo I have of this bird.

Canon EOS 1D Mark IV ,Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1600s f/8.0 at 560.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Alvaro Jaramillo		04-Sep-2012 05:52
This is an Elegant Tern, based on the long and orange bill, the dark trailing edge on the upperwing tells you it is a young of the year.

LT Jaeger		03-Sep-2012 23:24
Elegant Tern here.

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