Date: 6/29/26 8:18 am
From: John Bissell <John.N.Bissell...>
Subject: RE: [ia-bird] Arctic tern
I stand corrected. The bill looks awfully orange on my work laptop, but its definitely the Arctic Tern per Steve Dinsmore.

My apologies and good birding!
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From: <ia-bird...> <ia-bird...> On Behalf Of Clayton Will
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2026 7:37 AM
To: Chad Gatlin <chadvgatlin...>
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Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Arctic tern

[cid:<image002.jpg...>]Arctic Tern continues at Oak Grove, Polk Co.. It flies off for several minutes and then returns. Good video and an audio file.

Clayton Will
Madrid

On Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 06:47 Chad Gatlin <chadvgatlin...><mailto:<chadvgatlin...>> wrote:
If anyone spots the tern this morning, please post it. I live 3 hours away and really want to see it, but don't want to waste the trip.
Thank you very much,
Chad
Unionville, MO

On Sun, Jun 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM <wxqisu...><mailto:<wxqisu...>> wrote:
Thanks John Bissell’s quick ebird report.
When I got to Oak Grove, the Arctic tern was still on the buoy. These are the best pictures which can be obtained from the shore. It is too far away, but it is much much closer than Arctic🙂

Xiaoqing Wu
Ames, Iowa

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