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Buncombe County/Lake Julian
- To: "Birds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>, "RBA" <piephofft@aol.com>
- Subject: Buncombe County/Lake Julian
- From: "Wayne Forsythe" <wforsythe@a-o.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 16:52:09 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Folks,
Bob Olthoff and I stopped by Lake Julian about 2:20 PM this date in
hopes of seeing the Forster's Terns reported by Marilyn Wesphal on Thursday.
We had no luck with the Forster's, but Bob spotted a large tern, that we
both agree was a CASPIAN TERN. The bird was very large, and had a very
gull like flight. We observed the bird for about 1-1 1/2 minutes until it
flew out of sight. The bird was very white, had a prominant black cap, and a
large red/orange bill. The top of the birds back and wings appeared
uniformly white/light gray and the underside of the bird was light as well,
with the exception of primaries, which appeared to be very dark gray or
black. The bird had a moderately forked tail.
Regards,
Wayne K. Forsythe
245 Stonebrook Drive
Hendersonville, N.C. 28791
wforsythe@a-o.com
828-697-6628