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Bird Island Terns

We spent the day happily helping MassWildlife bird biologists find, capture and band Common and Roseate Terns on Bird Island. The goal of MassWildlife is to increase the population of the rare Roseate Terns on several small and isolated islands. It was good to meet dedicated and knowlegible biologists working to make a better world for terns!
Lighthouse on Bird Island
Lighthouse on Bird Island		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (carrying an anchove)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (carrying an anchove)		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (feeding young)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (feeding young)		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (with an anchove)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (with an anchove)		 Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (chick)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (chick)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (eggs)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (eggs)
Terns attacking Julie
Terns attacking Julie		 Jeff's helmet makes a good roost
Jeff's helmet makes a good roost		 Tern attacking Julie
Tern attacking Julie		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (on a nest)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (on a nest)
American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus		 American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus		 American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus		 American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus		 Lindsey and Sarah
Lindsey and Sarah		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (eggs)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (eggs)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii		 Julie with a Roseate Tern chick
Julie with a Roseate Tern chick
Julie with a Roseate Tern chick
Julie with a Roseate Tern chick		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (eggs blending in with shells)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (eggs blending in with shells)		 Terns flying over the island
Terns flying over the island		 Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (young chick)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (young chick)		 Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii (newly hatched)
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii (newly hatched)		 Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii (chick)
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii (chick)		 Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii		 Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii		 Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii		 Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii		 Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo		 Common Eider egg (abandoned)
Common Eider egg (abandoned)		 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (nest)
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo (nest)

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