Roseate Tern (breeding adults) & 356-Boneparte's Gull (first winter bird) Sand Point SP Plum Island/Parker Island NWR Essex County MA May 2011 Jeff Skrentny FB0111 IMG_4182
Showing off their fancy tails for us. You can even see the faint rosy wash (you can't always). A shot of these with Common Terns for comparison is here. Old sighting, already reviewed on eBird. Photographer Anita Gould.
Showing off their fancy tails for us. You can even see the faint rosy wash (you can't always). A shot of these with Common Terns for comparison is here. Old sighting, already reviewed on eBird. Photographer Anita Gould.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii, adult in late summer, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK. Other birds at edge of photo are Sandwich Terns Thalasseus sandvicensis. Date: 17 August 2005. Source: Own work. Author: MPF. Camera location55° 37′ 00.39″ N, 1° 39′ 15.16″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.616776; -1.654211.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) Lady Elliot Island, SE Queensland, Australia. Date: November 2006. Source: Own work. Author: Aviceda.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region
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Summary[edit] Description: English: The northeastern population of the roseate tern is listed as endangered. Credit: Sarah Nystrom. Date: 15 June 2011, 12:04:10. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsnortheast/5913221384/. Author: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region. Permission (Reusing this file): At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail. Flickr sets: Birds Great Gull Island. Flickr tags: Great Gull Island roseate tern tern common tern new york long island shore coastal program coast lighthouse fish and wildlife u.s. fish and wildlife service American Museum of Natural History mackerel gulls rhode island bird shorebird wading ocean sea census tern census endangered species ESA. Camera location 41° 12′ 12.91″ N, 72° 07′ 12.34″ W: View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 41.203585; -72.120094.