Arrived at 2:30 pm, met Sue Tackett & Charlotte Methena who told me about
the Arctic Tern found by Jon Dunn in the far eastern
Pond 27.  Found the BNST in northwest corner of eastern pond
& then with Ron Semper & John from 108 in shallow grassy pond to the north
behind main east pond.  Met Ron & John at eastern Pond 27, where we found 3
distant terns.  I stayed with scope when Ron & John left.  Found a longer
winged tern with apparent deeper, slower wing beats with 2 Forster's Terns,
then 3 more FOTE showed up.  Longer winged tern had uniform gray upper
wings/primaries, crisp dark tips to under side of primaries, long tail, &
darker gray breast than FOTE.  The head & bill seemed smaller, head
projected less beyond front edge of wing.  These are ID points for Arctic
Tern.  Some of these features were obsered as more people arrived from
Magee--mother & son, Doreene Linzell, Dan Sanders, Joe Hammond, Rob & Ricki
Lowery, Ben Warner, Joe H. & Bill.  Did not get all names.  Another tern
made 7 & 3 more made 10.  The all black bill, indicates not adult breeding
plumage. See "Advanced Birding" by Kenn Kaufmann.  Later heard FOTE calling
& one Common Tern call, so there were COTE mixed in.  Long wings with slow
deeper wing beats of Arctic Tern gave more bouyant flight than FOTE.  Maybe
more later.  Left at about 7:00 pm.

Jay Lehman, Cincinnati, sent from DROID

______________________________________________________________________

Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.

You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]