Two (More) New County Birds

I love living in a county that has not been birded heavily for quite some time.  Most easy birds have been seen in Rooks, and the total number of bird species seen before I got here was 256, which is quite respectable for how little it gets birded.  Spending the entire year here, though, allows me to pick up some of those birds that are rare but annual in the county, species that haven't been seen in Rooks before.
Two of the species which are probably rare but annual are Red-necked Phalarope and Common Tern.  I found both of these birds in the past week or so.  One of them (the phalarope) was an easy identification practice.  The other required me to take 2 hours of my birding time to zig-zag back and forth to get close enough to a group of terns in order to confirm the identification.  The medium sized terns are a pain in the butt to identify except in pure alternate or basic forms, forms in which they are rarely seen in Kansas.  It was very rewarding then when I confirmed the identification of at least two of the terns as Common.

Rooks County's first documented Red-necked Phalarope

I now sit at 234 Kansas birds for the year and 212 Rooks birds for the year.  I'm getting excited.