There were at least three Forster's Terns at Popham this morning, plus one seen from Green Point across Atkins Bay, later. The latter might have been one of the original three. All those seen were adults retaining breeding plumage. Largeish bills, orange bills (Big...approaching the size of Royal Terns' bills from some angles), full black cap, very white dorsum to most of the wing, and two of them vocalizing while flying in close tandem formation. It was a "chuckle" type call I've never heard from a Com Tern. No traces of brown were apparent anywhere on the body.
Counting by 10s, I got 740 Semi Sands in the lagoon. There were more on the intertidal wet sand (early ebb), that I didn't get to because I was chatting with a local couple. By the time I got to the seaward group, they were joined by some of the "Lagooners".
I still can't find a white-rumped sand here. Only ca 12 SBDowitchers today. Semi Plovers are building slowly.
There were fewer Least Terns around today than 2 days ago. Did not see any recently fledged Piping Plovers, but a few "half-growns" and adults were there. I didn't attempt a count.
I also talked to a couple sitting under an umbrella being swarmed by Green-heads. They had 2 of those electric badminton rackets that were constantly giving off a "ZAP" noise. So I went over to chat them up. Turns out Greenheads SURVIVE that treatment. Score one for the natural world.
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