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| White-cheeked Tern |
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| White-cheeked Tern in flight |
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| White-winged Tern |
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| Gull-billed Tern |
Jem's Birding & Ringing Exploits in the Eastern Province and elsewhere in Saudi Arabia
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25 July 2012
Plenty of terns - Sabkhat Al Fasl
A trip to Sabkhat Al Fasl at the weekend was good for Terns.
There are now plenty of White-cheeked Terns feeding almost fully grown
juveniles along the main track to the water treatment plant. Some of these
birds are beginning to look very-worn, plumage wise, but they are finding it
very easy to catch fish at this site. Other terns included 10+ Caspian Terns
and three Gull-billed Terns as well as a small group of 25 Little/Saunder’s
Terns. Six White-winged Terns were a nice sight with four moulting adults in
almost full breeding plumage along with two adult winter plumaged birds.