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Least Tern |
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Photo by Bob Stone Least Tern w/egg and chick - John Bunker Sands
Refuge, Kaufman Co., July 10, 2010 |
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Photo by Bob Stone Least Tern and chick - John Bunker Sands
Refuge, Kaufman Co., July 10, 2010 |
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Least Tern chick - John Bunker Sands Refuge,
Kaufman Co., July 10, 2010 |
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Photo by Bob Stone Least Tern egg - John Bunker Sands Refuge,
Kaufman Co., July 10, 2010 |
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Photo by Jason Hogle Least Tern - White Rock Lake, Dallas County, July 31, 2009 Probable Nesting Pair. |
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Photo and Notes by Ken Nanney Least Tern. June 11, 1988. Millers Creek Lake.
Throckmorton County. I noticed a lot of
waterbird activity including some flying Least Terns on several of the
stops of the Weinert BBS that skirt the southern side of Millers Creek
Lake in June 1988. After I completed the BBS route that morning I
returned to the lake to investigate further. As I walked towards the
water I was suddenly mobbed by a dozen or more Least Terns. Realizing
that I had accidentally walked into a breeding colony, I carefully
retreated and then photographed from a distance. |
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Photo by Ken Nanney Least Tern. June 11, 1988. Millers Creek Lake.
Throckmorton County. |
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Photo by Ken Nanney Least Tern. June 11, 1988. Millers Creek Lake.
Throckmorton County. |
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Photo by Ken Nanney Least Tern. June 11, 1988. Millers Creek Lake.
Throckmorton County. |
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Photo and Notes by Ken Nanney Least Tern nest and eggs. July 3, 1988. Millers
Creek Lake. Baylor County. A few weeks later I returned to Millers Creek Lake to
continue work for the Breeding Bird Atlas project. I was driving along a
rough fisherman's track on the north side of the lake in Baylor County
when a spot of white between the road and the water I thought was a
piece of litter suddenly took flight as a Least Tern. I grabbed a camera
and quickly walked to the spot. Though I had mentally marked the square
yard or two the bird had flown from pretty well I could not see a nest
at first. Fearing after a minute or two that I was keeping the tern off
its nest too long in the hot weather, I was just backing off when I
spotted the eggs at the edge of the small area I had been searching. I
took two quick photos then left. Within seconds of driving on I saw the
tern return to its nest in my rear view mirror. |
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