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Riley county ks today
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It’s preening in the picture
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I gotta go, my Mom's calling me!
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Charlie Spencer wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2026 10:10 am I gotta go, my Mom's calling me!
Sorry, but I have to pass my tern. I think I hear Chalie's Mom calling me too.
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I don't see that it's identifiable from this photo.
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Okay
Someone reported two common terns here so I was trying to find one
Here are some other pics with possible duplicates
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Honestly these look fine for Common Terns. Very stubby looking legs and the nape is dark. Look like they're adults though so a little harder to tell (lacking the dark carpal bars of a juvi). Most every Forster's I've seen in the past month has been in basic plumaged.
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I’ve been told forsters mainly because of bill color and that they shouldn’t be molting yet or that the pics don’t show anything identifiable
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