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Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Photo by gatorfellows
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Field Notes

Description:

A medium-sized tern, white with black cap. and a long and deeply forked tail. Wings very white in most plumages and the legs are orange and relatively long. They eat small fish and arthropods. They plunge into water from flight and may hover briefly before plunging.

Habitat:

Lake Lewisville

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