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Sterna maxima
This highness of royal terns was spotted amongst a group of gulls, sanderlings, ruddy turnstones, and other terns. Willets and snowy egrets held themselves to be separate from this group. It appears to be mating season for the royal terns. Beautiful orange bills!
Coastal Beach
The royal tern is protected in the USA under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Spotted on Apr 13, 2012
Submitted on Apr 23, 2012
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Thanks for joining the Shorebirds mission Sarah...hope to see more of your postings!