Contributor
Mike McBrien Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Moriches Bay and Inlet
Suffolk, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
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Observation details
***Very Rare - probable TY Eastern Siberian COTE; distinctive from local COTEs in multiple ways: obvious all-dark bill (subtly straighter and smaller), dark red/brown legs, dusky underparts, flanks, and armpits. Primary pattern very obviously different than hirundo TYs. Tail was also very long for a TY, reaching (and extending beyond) pp tips. Photos below; will insert more excerpts from my field notes tomorrow. [also of note, my phone was extremely low on battery energy when we discovered the tern and it wouldn't allow me to take normal iPhotos . . . so I had to resort to documenting the COTE exclusively through saved Snapchat photos]
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