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Common Tern
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[2647/11080] Common tern - Sterna hirundo
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder: Lari
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns and skimmers)
Subfamily: Sterninae (terns)
Photo credit: Josiah Lavender via Macaulay Library
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A pair of nesting Antarctic Terns (Sterna vittata) on Deception Island, Antarctica.
by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith
#antarctic tern#terns#seabirds#birds#sterna vittata#sterna#laridae#Charadriiformes#aves#chordata#wildlife: antarctica
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some warmups for an SI piece!
[ID: two marker sketches of a common tern in different styles and positions.
The first sketch shows an adult in grays, black and red (for the dorsal feathers, cap marking, and feet & beak respectively). It is about to land, its wings held up as if about to beat down.
The second one is much more abstfact, shown in dark blue, cyan and orange. The tern is held midair as its about to dive down. End description.]
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Common tern - The Port A Jetty, East Cotter Avenue, Port Aransas, TX, USA
Joshua J. Cotten
Scientific name: Sterna hirundo
Mass: 4.2 oz
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)
Class: Aves
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sterna
Kingdom: Animalia
The common tern is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions.
Common Terns nest on rocky islands, barrier beaches, and saltmarshes and forage over open waters. Terns often gather over warmer waters with high densities of American sand lance (a small fish) in the spring, and tuna that help scare up smaller fish in the fall.
#The Port A Jetty#East Cotter Avenue#Port Aransas#TX#USA#US#United States#United States of America#North America#Birds#Bird#Wildlife#TXWildlife#Common Tern#Tern#Animalia#Sterna#Laridae#Aves#Sterna hirundo
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Speedy Gonzales!
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Sterna potente (Sylochelidon strenuus) | Elizabeth Gould
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Found this lovely green friend while visiting San Diego - any chance of an ID? I'm not sure they were doing so hot but I didn't want to bother them too much.
It's a figeater! Adult beetles don't live particularly long, so it may have already mated and is at the end of its natural life. And that's okay I'll bet it lived a nice beetle life :)
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Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
© Bryan Calk
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Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
© Bryan Calk
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Sterna hirundo [アジサシ,Common Tern]
同じ場所には止まれないよ！
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Common Tern
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[1235/10977] Black-naped Tern - Sterna sumatrana
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder: Lari
Family: Laridae (gulls, terns and skimmers)
Subfamily: Sterninae (terns)
Photo credit: Matt Wright via Macaulay Library
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BOTD: Arctic Tern
Photo: Ingeborg van Leeuwen
"Famous as a long-distance champion: some Arctic Terns may migrate farther than any other birds, going from the high Arctic to the Antarctic. Breeds on coasts and tundra from New England, Washington, and Britain north to the northernmost limits of land, and spends the rest of the year at sea. Its migrations take it to every ocean, and to the vicinity of every continent. In North America, seldom seen from land south of its breeding grounds."
- Audubon Field Guide
#birds#birds of north america#north american birds#terns#arctic tern#seabirds#seabird#birds of america#american birds#bird#bird watching#birdblr#birblr#birds of canada#birds of the us#birds of mexico#birds of central america#Sterna paradisaea
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For the end of year book ask: #16 & #17!
16. What is the most over-hyped book you read this year?
lol. lmao even. Surprising no one, it was Fourth Wing. No, it wasn't The Worst Ever, but FUCK come ON it was not as good as people said! It was the definition of Fine™️! Perfectly serviceable book, but absolutely nothing groundbreaking except their sex i guess
17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?
Okay look I read Beyond the Ruby Veil on impulse, while waiting to be taken back into surgery and while I recovered. It was supposed to be a dumb book to pass the time so I wouldn't be an anxious mess. So tell me why I enjoyed it so dang much I immediately requested book two from the library! It wasn't OMG AMAZING THE BEST but it was entertaining! I loved how awful everyone was! It was fun to read! I might even read it again one day because it was also a very quick read.
end of the year book asks
#ezra gets a letter#sterna-hirundo#ruby veil was actually on my tbr bc book two came across my twitter feed one day#and i went OOOOOOO PURBLE MUST READ IT#and to do that i had to read book one lol
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Eden’s whale “Balaenoptera” edeni
with common tern Sterna hirundo and whiskered tern Childonias hybrida
Observed by plains-wanderer, CC BY
#Balaenoptera edeni#Eden's whale#Cetacea#Balaenopteridae#cetacean#whale#Asia#Thailand#Indian Ocean#Gulf of Thailand#non-ungulate#bird#shorebird#Sterna hirundo#common tern#Childonias hybrida#whiskered tern
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