Tag: Common Tern

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Good News for UK Birds (and Birders)

September 7, 2017 by Meredith Mann No Comments

Some of Great Britain’s most cherished seabirds just got an added layer of protection. Officials designated 12 miles along the coast of Northumberland as...

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Tough Love on the Beach

July 9, 2017 by Donna 6 Comments

In June, I go to Nickerson Beach, a place of nesting Common Terns, American Oystercatchers, Piping Plovers, and, later in the summer, Black Skimmers. Nickerson...

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Common Tern Chick Getting Fed at Nickerson Beach

June 23, 2014 by Corey 1 Comment

Nickerson Beach is an amazing place to visit when the breeding birds are back. Though it is an active beach at which people fish,...

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Common Tern Chicks Walk to the Water

July 19, 2012 by Corey 9 Comments

Nickerson Beach, Nassau County, New York, July 2011 Common Terns nest in colonies. The sheer number of birds packed together offer some protection to...

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Common Terns Mating, or, Birders are Pervs!

April 27, 2012 by Corey 8 Comments

Birds make other birds. This is a simple fact of life. Birders watch birds. This too is a simple fact. Sometimes birders watch birds...

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How to Eat an Eel

July 28, 2011 by Corey 6 Comments

There are foods that are not easy for the uninitiated to eat. Pomegranate is one, especially if you don’t realize that the seeds are...

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Food-Carrying Common Terns

August 14, 2010 by Corey 1 Comment

I could watch terns all day long. Flying, hunting, calling, preening, or just sitting around, I find terns fascinating. It just seems so improbable...

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