Terns

[Miss Marge]

I drove for about 2 hours today to find a Blue Grosbeak (yay! mission completed) and also to see if I could find any Forster's Terns that were reported in the area. Common and Forster's are SO similar. I'm hoping the following pictures may shed some light on whether these are all Common Terns or if a Foster's may be in the mix somewhere. They were taken on Lake Erie, in Long Point Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.

[AlexHenry]

I see Black Tern, Common Tern, Ring-billed Gull, Caspian Tern

[Ed hogg]

7 minutes ago, AlexHenry said:

I see Black Tern, Common Tern, Ring-billed Gull, Caspian Tern

As do I.

[Peromyscus]

1 minute ago, Ed hogg said:

As do I.

I do too

[Seanbirds]

To organize…

1-2. Black Tern.

3-5. Big terns Caspian, little terns Common.

All photos (except #1): the ever-present Ring-billed Gull.

Edited July 26, 2021 by Seanbirds

[Quiscalus quiscula]

6 hours ago, Seanbirds said:

To organize…

1-2. Black Tern.

3-5. Big terns Caspian, little terns Common.

All photos (except #1): the ever-present Ring-billed Gull.

Ring-billed gulls really are ever present. So common I even saw them flying high over my backyard once.

[floraphile]

I think I may have mis-ID'd some Commons as Forester's.  I will post separately for everyone's opinions.