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Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

They have a white body with gray wings. The bill is orange with a black tip and the legs are also orange. There is a black cap on top of the head.

Habitat:

Found along the coasts of North America, and winters in the Caribbean and South America.

Notes:

This guy was hunting for fish, never saw him succeed though

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Forster's Tern

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Comments (2)
Telse
Wow...great series Ashely! 1.The dive. 2. Missed. (that was a miss,wasn't it?) 3. Anticipation...lickin' his 'lips'. lol :) If one looks closely, there is one droplet of water off the bill. 4. One more time around. These are great captures Ashley!

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PublishedMarch 25, 2013

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