Shorebirds Terns Gulls – #2
Continuing with this new series, this time a collection of many of my local terns and gulls taken in the past year. See if you can see the identifying differences!
Many of these were photographed out on the Chesapeake Bay along rip-rap or on bulkhead pilings/docks, and not be seen commonly at my local wetlands, marshes, or inland marinas.
Let’s tern first!
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Forster’s Tern
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Common Terns
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Least Tern
(smallest tern in the world)
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Caspian Terns
(largest tern in the world)
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Royal Tern
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Gulls up!
Bonaparte’s Gull
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Laughing Gull
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Ring-billed Gull
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American Herring Gull
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Greater Black-backed Gull
(largest gull in the world)
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Bay Photos by Donna 