Date: 6/29/26 9:57 am
From: Chad Gatlin <chadvgatlin...>
Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Arctic tern
At 11:55am the tern is still here. It's now perched on one of the floats on
the beach marker rope.
Chad

On Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 10:46 AM Clayton Will <willcfish...> wrote:

> No worries John,
> Here's a short video.
> Clayton
>
> Arctic Tern Oak Grove June 29 2026 082.MP4
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ReQx6r1KnyjGt4JK-17dBzFFY0aKS1R/view?usp=drive_web>
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 10:18 AM John Bissell <John.N.Bissell...>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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>> *Sent:* Monday, June 29, 2026 7:37 AM
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>> *Subject:* Re: [ia-bird] Arctic tern
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
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>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 06:47 Chad Gatlin <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...> 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🙂
>>
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