Arctic Tern - Brendan Beers
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Location

Boyd Lake
Larimer, Colorado, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 40.4341128, -105.0338644
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Presumably countinuing bird from yesterday, found by Andrew McFadden. Dainty tern, ruled out Forsters right away. White secondaries helped with ID from Common Tern. Although in certain lighting, primaries and secondaries looked dark which had me questioning the ID. Bird was perched on shore and did show very short legs. Bill size also showed small in the field, however photos don’t really distinguish the size as much as Sibley depicts.

Technical information

Model
NIKON D780
ISO
100
Flash
Flash did not fire
Dimensions
1646 pixels x 1095 pixels
Original file size
156.04 KB