Common Terns

Description:

Medium-sized tern with a white and black cap. A long and deeply forked tail. Wings are white with dark tips. Bill is dark orange with a black tip. A graceful, black-and-white waterbird, the Common Tern is the most widespread tern in North America.

Habitat:

This was on our first stop at a fishing jetty on our trip through Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, LA. The terns, gulls, and a neotropic cormorant are in the picture.

Notes:

Sabine NWR is about 8 miles south of Hackberry, on State Highway 27, was established in 1937 to provide habitat for migratory waterfowl and other birds. The refuge consists of a basin of wetlands located between the Gulf's beach cheniers (oak ridges)and the coastal prairie, which is one of the most productive and fertile areas of North America.