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Dec 13, 2017 22:28:36   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
I can't seem to match this tern with anything in my books except Little Tern which is an Asian species. Help, please.


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Dec 13, 2017 22:37:28   #
judy 2011 Loc: Northern Utah
 
Could be a Least Tern

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Dec 13, 2017 22:46:14   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
judy 2011 wrote:
Could be a Least Tern


I think that may be it. Bill color throws me off a little, though. Thanks, Judy.

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Dec 14, 2017 01:02:57   #
pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs
 
Those are Forsters Terns. We have them here in Huntington Beach along the Coast and nesting sites in Bolsa Chica Wetlands. Here is one of my shots of them amongst Willets and Marbled Godwits.


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Dec 14, 2017 03:50:11   #
angler Loc: StHelens England
 
Good shot Ken,sorry I can't help with the ID.

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Dec 14, 2017 04:24:20   #
DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia
 
Good shot, Ken. It looks very much like what we call a Little Tern in Oz.

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Dec 14, 2017 06:11:20   #
capmike Loc: New Bern, NC
 
These are Least Terns. I spent a few weekends with a group erecting fencing to protect their nesting sites on NC beaches. Saw many.



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Dec 14, 2017 06:24:04   #
CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
kpmac wrote:
I can't seem to match this tern with anything in my books except Little Tern which is an Asian species. Help, please.



Ken, the suggestions you have already got would be what my books would also ID them as, which one I am not sure. The common tern would also be added to the list. The colors on the bill is the main thing I am going by along with where they are normally seen. The photo is great.

Greg

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Dec 14, 2017 06:34:41   #
nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL
 
Nice shot, I believe they are Least Terns!

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Dec 14, 2017 06:51:05   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
kpmac wrote:
I can't seem to match this tern with anything in my books except Little Tern which is an Asian species. Help, please.


Maybe a Left Tern
Sorry I just couldn't help it.

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Dec 14, 2017 07:12:47   #
rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida
 
Fine shot!

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Dec 14, 2017 07:29:04   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
kpmac wrote:
I can't seem to match this tern with anything in my books except Little Tern which is an Asian species. Help, please.


I see there are two of them, which just goes to prove that, "One good tern deserves another."

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Dec 14, 2017 07:35:34   #
fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York
 
These are very nicely taken.

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Dec 14, 2017 09:18:50   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 
Since I’m not a bird person, I can't identify; but I do see a lot of them on the beach when we visit Fort Myers Beach.

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Dec 14, 2017 10:06:59   #
photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
 
capmike wrote:
These are Least Terns. I spent a few weekends with a group erecting fencing to protect their nesting sites on NC beaches. Saw many.


Pretty birds, I'm glad they are getting some protection.

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