tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post7945372887937336049..comments2009-10-30T00:57:15.452-04:00Comments on Sibley Guides Notebook: Sandwich Tern - bill color of juvenilesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-83973718331872866322007-09-04T17:35:00.000-04:002007-09-04T17:35:00.000-04:00Some further comments on tern leg colors.We recent...Some further comments on tern leg colors.<BR/><BR/>We recently had a discussion here concerning the varying coloration of the young sandwich tern's bills and feet. It was mentioned that the royal tern was more of a fixed commodity.<BR/> <BR/>This is what the standard royal tern should have, nice orange beak and black legs and feet<BR/>http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/85038597<BR/> <BRUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369087308100980512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-30370068959057498152007-08-28T09:10:00.000-04:002007-08-28T09:10:00.000-04:00I tried posting this yesterday but missed the anti...I tried posting this yesterday but missed the antispam entry<BR/><BR/>In light of the recent discussions concerning sandwich terns, I took a lot of pictures of the birds featuring the beaks and feet on the Texas City Dike last Friday.<BR/> <BR/>By coincidence, the terns cooperated with the photographer with the exception of one bird with the most yellow bill that only posed when someone forget toUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369087308100980512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-49342057526971506682007-08-28T09:02:00.000-04:002007-08-28T09:02:00.000-04:00I went through my older pictures and added 3 to th...I went through my older pictures and added 3 to the web site including a picture from last year of 2 young sandwich terns with unmarked orange yellow bills<BR/><BR/>I went through my older pictures and have several more sandwich youngsters.<BR/><BR/>This sick or injured bird on the Texas City Dike on July 12, this year shows color just starting to infuse the beak. The legs are yellow but Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369087308100980512noreply@blogger.com