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Elegant Terns

Thalasseus elegans

Description:

Medium sized Tern. During breeding they will have a full black shaggy cap and an orange bill. Non breeding and immature will have less black shaggy feathers on forehead.

Habitat:

Found mostly on the coast. These were found in the bay.

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5 Comments

Jellis
Jellis 6 years ago

I've seen drafts do that. Unfinished spottings would disappear and later may or may not see on the app. I no longer have the app.

I did a clear out several months ago, all duplicate spottings found were notified in comments, and later removed if the user did not respond after a week or so. It is not uncommon for some submissions to get lost in Google cloud services for a while, only to reappear later after the user has reposted, a hazard of free to use programs using their low-level cheap services which have severe limitations on hourly and daily usage. https://cloud.google.com

Jellis
Jellis 6 years ago

The only other one I have was taken years ago in a different location

Jellis
Jellis 6 years ago

Which previous spotting?

Hi J ellis, this appears to be a duplicate of your previous spotting.

Jellis
Spotted by
Jellis

Oakland, California, USA

Spotted on Sep 7, 2016
Submitted on Sep 15, 2016

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