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Continuing; photos. Identification well-established by photos taken yesterday by Jim Tarolli that show the slender shape, extensively translucent flight feathers, and narrow black trailing edge to the primaries. I was fortunate to find the bird quickly in flight with Common Terns distantly to the south very shortly after arrival. Even at great distance, it stood out as smaller and strikingly whitish, especially on the primary tips and carpal region, whereas all Common Terns (both adults and juveniles) were much darker in these areas. The flaps were shallower and more fluttery. Even luckier, I watched five Common Terns come in and land and then scanned the rest of the lake hoping the Arctic would do the same. I scanned the lake twice and could not find the Arctic, and then looked back at the jetty and saw 10 terns there, including the Arctic! This allowed for some nice photography:
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