This tern had captured a frog and was dipping it repeatedly,
perhaps to remove dirt or slime.

This bird was named for (or by) Johann Reinhold Forster, one of the foremost
18th century naturalist.

"He is best known as the naturalist on James Cook's second Pacific voyage....These expeditions promoted the career of Johann Reinhold Forster and the findings became the bedrock of colonial professionalism and helped set the stage for the future development of anthropology and ethnology. They also laid the framework for general concern about the impact that alteration of the physical environment for European economic expansion would have on exotic societies." A man with foresight.

Above quote from: Richard Grove, Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600–1860 (Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 309–375.

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