#sterna

[herpsandbirds]

When I worked in shorebird conservation, least terns were my archnemesis (in the sitcom, hated-neighbor sense)

Part of my job while i was interning at refuges on Long Island, NY, was to monitor Least Terns at one particular site, and when I had to go into the colony, they would... SCREAM, DIVE, and PELT ME!!!

Least Tern (Sternula antillarum), EAT A TASTY FISH!!!, family Laridae, order Charadriiformes, DE, USA

photograph by Matt Felperin

Florida - FEED BABBY A TASTY FISH!!!

photograph by Craig O'Neal

Rhode Island - photograph by Jonathan Eckerson

Cape May, NJ - photograph by Daniel Irons

Parent with chicks, Quintana, TX, USA

photograph by Dan Pancamo

[birdblues]

Common Tern

[talesofstorm]

[best-bird-tournament]

Sterna tern - round 2

Which is the best bird?

Forster's tern

Arctic tern

White-fronted tern

Voting ended onJul 31, 2025

[gotellmama]

"But ask the animals what they think—let them teach you; let the birds tell you what's going on"

*job 12:7-12

[ornithological]

common tern (sterna hirundo) and arctic tern (sterna paradisaea), ireland

[kuro-is-doodlin]

I'll share some extra doodles of Sterna

But still, two hats spoilers below the cut, Stardust's~

I really came up with this human loop design by doodling a random Siffrin head shape, and loved it

You get the slay one without colors too, because

Shinyyyyy

[saritawolf]

Forster's Tern (nonbreeding plumage) (Sterna forsteri) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost