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rntx22 wrote:
So I took these next few photos just to confirm the chance I don't have a new bird (I need Caspian & Common terns).... pretty sure I don't have one, but very very hopeful!!!

#1 --- The largest terns --- are all Royal? Realllllly hoping that the guy on the left with the red-orange bill is Caspian, but I know it's a stretch. Fingers crossed.
And the smaller ones in there are all Forster's, including the one on the far right with the black stripe through the eye? (I am really hoping one is a common tern!)

#2-4 --- I recognize the Tricolored heron & Least Terns, but the bigger terns are Common or Forsters? I can't for the life of me tell them apart. Again, hoping for a common!!!!

# 5 The bigger one with the gray head? Can you tell from this angle?

I am so ready to be done sorting these terns. But I have a lot more photos to go!