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Sunday, November 9, 2008

Fairy Tern and Tropicbird Progress (5).

Fred is developing very well with significant growth again to be noted. I will rearrange previous photographs and add them to the bottom of the page so that the progress of Fred and Tina can be followed through time so scroll down for those dated images.

The second juvenile is also developing well with plumage near fully developed and the juvenile barring on its wings fading. The first juvenile however continues to give me cause for concern for although it now appears fully developed I have yet to see it fly from its perch.

The tropicbird adults are still at their nest sites but I have yet to verify whether they are indeed now incubating. Tina however shows considerable growth and has now largely lost her cute fluffy appearance with extensive plumage development now apparent. Again scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the development of Tina through time in dated photographs.

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