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Artic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

Notes:

Walking around a little peninsula in Iceland I got too close to a tern's colony with eggs laided. This one in particular I guess was the sentinel, He or She looked at me for a while charging me a couple of time. The worst nighmare... BIRDS!!!

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2 Comments

TommasoBiasiolo
TommasoBiasiolo 12 years ago

Hahaha yes tried to land in my head a couple of times... hehehe

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Looks like a Helicopter landing!

TommasoBiasiolo
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TommasoBiasiolo

Reykjavík, Iceland

Spotted on Jul 16, 2009
Submitted on Oct 28, 2011

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