Keyword: Tern
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BIR019-00033
A federally endangered interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos).
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BIR019-00034
A federally endangered interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos) on a nest sand pit along the Platte River near North Bend, NE.
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BIR019-00032
A federally endangered interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos).
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BIR019-00024
An Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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BIR019-00025
An Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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BIR019-00026
An Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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BIR019-00027
An Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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BIR019-00028
An Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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BIR019-00029
A female common tern (Sterna hirundo hirundo) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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BIR019-00030
A female common tern (Sterna hirundo hirundo) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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BIR019-00031
A female common tern (Sterna hirundo hirundo) at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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BIR019-00022
An Inca tern (Larosterna inca) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.
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BIR019-00023
An Inca tern (Larosterna inca) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.
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BIR019-00019
Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) at Tracy Aviary.
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BIR019-00020
Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) at Tracy Aviary.
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BIR019-00021
Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) at Tracy Aviary.
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BIR019-00018
Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) at Tracy Aviary.
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BIR019-00014
A royal tern (Thalasseus maximus) at the Tulsa Zoo.
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BIR019-00015
A royal tern (Thalasseus maximus) at the Tulsa Zoo.
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BIR019-00016
A royal tern (Thalasseus maximus) at the Tulsa Zoo.
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BIR019-00017
A royal tern (Thalasseus maximus) at the Tulsa Zoo.
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SCE051-00443
A brown noddy tern (Anous stolidus) near Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.
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SCE051-00445
Brown noddy terns (Anous stolidus) on Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.
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BIR019-00010
A lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis torresii) at Pelican and Seabird Rescue Inc. in Australia.
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BIR019-00011
A lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis torresii) at Pelican and Seabird Rescue Inc. in Australia.
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SCE051-00145
A brown noddy tern (Anous stolidus) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.
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SCE051-00146
Brown noddy terns (Anous stolidus) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.
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ESA001-00159
A prodigy of adaptation, the endangered least tern (Sterna albifrons) survived the test of evolution by nesting on barren sandbars, protected from predators by the swift flow of surrounding rivers. These moated habitats are created by naturally occurring spring floods, which humans now spend millions to prevent.
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ANI082-00072
An interior least tern (Sterna antillarum), a federally endangered species, on its nest at the Western Sand and Gravel mine along the Platte River near Fremont, NE. Many mine companies are pausing work during the nesting season in areas this bird and other rare species use.
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SCE007-00104
A tern flies near a lighthouse on Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge, where thousands of shore and sea birds nest each year.
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ESA001-00033
Hours-old least tern (Sterna antillarum) chicks sleep as they’re photographed near North Bend, Nebraska. (The interior population of this species is federally listed as Endangered.)
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BIR019-00007
Inca tern (Larosterna inca) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.