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Title
Royal Terns Hangout
Artist
Carol Montoya
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Royal Terns Hangout
Winds blow, surf goes in and out, royal terns hangout!
"The Royal Tern makes its nest scrape on the ground on low-lying islands. The pair defecates directly on the nest rim, perhaps to reinforce the nest against flooding. After a few weeks, the nest rim hardens.
Young Royal Terns leave the nest scrape within one day after hatching and congregate together in a group known as a crache. Eventually, all of the chicks in a colony come to the creche, which can have thousands of chicks ranging in age from two to 35 days old. A pair of Royal Terns will feed only their own chick, and manage to find it in the crowd, probably by recognizing its call.
The oldest recorded Royal tern was at least 30 years, 6 months old when it was found in Belize in 2013. It had been banded in North Carolina in 1983."
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Royal_Tern/lifehistory
Featured in FAA Groups:
Lady Photographers...01/27/2017
Florida Scenic Pho...10/08/2016
Wild Birds Of The...09/22/2016
Tags: royal terns, terns, shore bird, shore birds, bird, birds, florida, atlantic ocean, coastline, florida coastline, carol r montoya, tern, shores,shore, beach, beaches, florida coast
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September 19th, 2016
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Asheville, NC - United States
Thank you Karen Silvestri for the feature in the group"Lady Photographers and Artists!"
Asheville, NC - United States
Thank you Alice Gipson for the feature in the group "Florida Scenic Photography"!
North Palm Beach, FL - United States
Hi Carol! This royally good capture has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World. L/F
Loving The Annapolis Valley, NS - Canada
Love this! They look like they are having a fun day at the beach!
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