Age of the Common/Arctic (= "commic") tern


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Posted by Bill Pranty on 16:38:49 05/27/07

In Reply to: Photo of Arctic Tern (not kayaks) posted by Elsa

Good afternoon,

I don't ahve any field experience with Arctic Tern, so I won't comment as to the ID. But I will point out that the bird is not a juvenile as some have stated; that term implies that it hatched this year (2007). Rather, it is in First-Summer plumage, which means that it hatched maybe 11 monnts ago (2006).


Best regards,

Bill Pranty
Bayonet Point, Florida



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