An Elegant Tern of Events

Here I was home from seeing the Ross's Gull and lamenting the lack of rarities being reported close to home.  No worries, as the Niagara River down by Fort Erie has come through time and again this fall.  Starting with the very oddly located Brown Booby, to the, King Eider, Little Gulls, Franklin's Gull and Red-throated Loon of the earlier in the week, we have now added, by all expert accounts at the moment, an Elegant Tern.

I had a very flexable work schedule on Thursday, so I took part of the day to run out to Fort Erie and view, along with a small hoard of other birders, the Tern on a break wall  across the river in Buffalo.  We had great scope views, but a photo from the Ontario side of the river was not effective.  Great find the other day by a New York birder, and one that will have birders flocking to Fort Erie and Buffalo once again, as they did for the Brown Booby, and have been doing for the Ross's Gull up  in Chambly.

I didn't have time to go and cross the boarder to get a better view and photo, but if the Tern is still there on Monday, I think I'll take the drive down.


The View From Niagara Parkway in Fort Erie: