The number of birds for this trip was better but no new birds were seen, the sightings were the usual common migrants.
We did not see a lot of terns as seen by Dave Bakewell in Tanjong Dawai Kedah. Our boat is identical to the one there and I have yet to see any Terns perched on the yellow floaters. May be we do not have that number of Terns here, or may be our timing was off, we will wait and see from our future trips.
Species seen during the trip comprised Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica, Common Tern Sterna hirundo, Greater-crested Tern Sterna bergii, White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus and Lesser Frigate Birds Fregata ariel ariel. Except for the lone Greater-crested Tern, the other birds were all numbered less than ten.
A few Aleutian Terns were flying around, some in breeding and some in non-breeding plumage, at times they were trailing our boat.
The non-breeding birds look similar to non-breeding Common Tern and please let me know if I got the ID wrong.
This Common Tern looks odd in its yellow legs.
The lone Greater Crested Tern seen that day.
There were also a few White-winged Terns.
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