Hi Jill I was out birding in Barwon Heads, Victoria yesterday with Craig Morley and noted a juvenile, begging (although unsuccessful) Caspain Tern at Barwon Heads Estuary. Maybe they just got an early start this year? Grace Lewis
On Sep 11, 5:05 pm, Jill Dening wrote: > Hi again with another question, > > On Friday at Noosa, SEQ, I photographed a begging juvenile Caspian Tern > (CATE) with adult. The juvenile bird has plenty of brown flecks in its > plumage, and the bill is orange-red rather than the bright red of normal > adults. September is not a month when I expect to see begging CATE. > Normally we see the youngsters after they have migrated north with > adults from southern Australia following the summer breeding.This > juvenile bird wouldn’t be more than 2-3 months old. > > I checked HANZAB, which wasn’t all that helpful. It would seem that in > northern Australia, CATE breeding can take place at any time. But few > examples of breeding locations are given. > > Does anyone have any specific knowledge of CATE breeding events and > locations which might explain why I would have a juvenile CATE in SEQ > right now? > > Cheers, > > Jill > — > Jill Dening > Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia > > 26 51′ 41″S 152 56′ 00″E > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-requ…@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== ============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au
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