Bird ID Help
Jul 30, 2021 18:55:36 #
Jul 30, 2021 19:06:23 #
Jul 30, 2021 20:08:59 #
rrmerkov wrote:
Can anybody tell me what these are?
Some kind of sea gull.
Jul 30, 2021 20:14:23 #
RowdyRay wrote:
Royal tern?
After checking, I think I'm wrong and you are right. They do look like a royal tern, but the black on the head is not lifted up on any of them. But all else says so.
Jul 30, 2021 21:20:45 #
frankraney wrote:
After checking, I think I'm wrong and you are right. They do look like a royal tern, but the black on the head is not lifted up on any of them. But all else says so.
Thanks for the start. I looked up similar species. They might be common terns.
Jul 30, 2021 21:22:51 #
RowdyRay wrote:
Royal tern?
I looked up Royal Tern, which linked to similar species. They might be common terns.
Jul 30, 2021 21:28:48 #
I beleive the common tern has yellow legs, whereas the royal tern has black. These look black to me, but they are in shade and there's no downloadable image.
Jul 30, 2021 21:52:14 #
Jul 30, 2021 21:55:32 #
Not sure, but I think the gulls have hooked beaks and the tern's are pointed.
Jul 30, 2021 23:34:56 #
Jul 31, 2021 06:25:35 #
They look like royal terns to me as well - BUT - PLEASE - anyone who requests help with ID of birds or plants, PLEASE put "store original" so that we can see an enlarged photo and PLEASE TELL US WHERE AND WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN! If this was in Kansas, these are probably not royal terns.
Jul 31, 2021 07:45:35 #
Jul 31, 2021 09:36:48 #
sb wrote:
PLEASE TELL US WHERE AND WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN! If this was in Kansas, these are probably not royal terns.
Jul 31, 2021 12:48:01 #
MDI Mainer wrote:
Hi thanks for the information. I should have thought to add that I shot these near my home in NW Indiana, about 30 miles SE of Chicago. I will attach a downloadable second image showing the same birds. I was just trying to save a few bits by not including the original of the first photo.
Regards,
merk
Jul 31, 2021 12:52:15 #
sb wrote:
They look like royal terns to me as well - BUT - PLEASE - anyone who requests help with ID of birds or plants, PLEASE put "store original" so that we can see an enlarged photo and PLEASE TELL US WHERE AND WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN! If this was in Kansas, these are probably not royal terns.
Sorry, I forgot to put when in my last reply. The photo as taken the past week.
merk
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