Gary and Tweeters,

The same Caspian Tern has been at Hayton for a few days. On October 27, it
was seen there, next to the Snow Goose flock, both by me and by Lila Emmer
from Bellingham.
I agree that this is an extremely late date for a Caspian Tern. Lila though
that it might be ill or injured, but it didn't look ill to me.

Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus at telus.net




-----Original Message-----
From: tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gary
Bletsch
Sent: October-31-09 9:00 PM
To: tweeters
Subject: [Tweeters] late Caspian Tern

Dear Tweeters,

David Twellman, Kurt Ranta and I were at Hayton Preserve on Fir Island this
afternoon, when we spotted a peculiar white bird out in the field, not far
from the big Snow Goose Flock.

The bird turned out to be a CASPIAN TERN. It looked like an adult, still in
breeding plumage. This bird stayed perched in the short-grass field for a
good twenty minutes, hardly moving from one spot. Then it finally took off,
headed out toward Stanwood. That was the latest one I have seen in
Washington by a good two weeks. We wondered why the bird would stand out
there in a field--I have never seen one in a field before, at least not in
Washington.

Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch ? Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA ?
garybletsch at yahoo.com ? ?



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