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Least Tern

Sternula antillarum

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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28.2495, -80.7417

Field Notes

Habitat:

Wetlands

Notes:

4 of these little creatures were dive bombing the water without actually hitting it. I assume there were small flying bugs just above the surface that they were feeding on.....fun to watch!

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Comments (2)

I actually think the common name is least tern…. easy mistake I use to think forster's terns were foster's terns.

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