A portrait of a Black Tern on a forest green background. Its head and body are covered in grey feathers, with its head and chest darker than the rest of its body. It has round black eyes rimmed and a furrowed brow, It’s beak is pale grey and slightly hooked at the end. Its beak is open slightly showing a pink interior. The tern is outlined with sketchy white lines.

January 22, 2026

Black Tern

Background Paint: Boreal

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@robcrank68.bsky.social has announced that the #BirdOfTheDay is 'Juveniles/Chicks'
So here are a some young ones: #TawnyOwl #Goldfinch #BlackTern #EuropeanShag

Have a nice day everyone 🙋‍♀️🍀☀️

A Black Tern in flight over a UK reservoir. In winter plumage, this small tern has grey upperparts, white underparts, a black cap, a white forehead, and a white collar with a dark smudge at the level of its eye. Its beak and legs are black.

A Black Tern in flight over a UK reservoir. In winter plumage, this small tern has grey upperparts, white underparts, a black cap, a white forehead, and a white collar with a dark smudge at the level of its eye. Its beak and legs are black.

A Black Tern in flight over a UK reservoir. In winter plumage, this small tern has grey upperparts, white underparts, a black cap, a white forehead, and a white collar with a dark smudge at the level of its eye. Its beak and legs are black. In this image it is just beginning to tip into a dive towards the water.

A Black Tern in flight over a UK reservoir. In winter plumage, this small tern has grey upperparts, white underparts, a black cap, a white forehead, and a white collar with a dark smudge at the level of its eye. Its beak and legs are black.

Black Tern, Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon., 11/09/25.
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Black tern looking for insects. It missed the one on its right. 🪶 #blacktern #zwartestern

When the reeds were smaller than me, I could watch the black terns like this. Now I need to bring a ladder. 🪶 #blacktern #zwartestern

Black Tern flying in one place #bird #flying #blacktern #tern #hover #flap #nature #wildlife HA57103

A Black Tern in flight. The bird is looking down while flying hoping to find something to eat from the water it is flying over.

Found another decent shot of the Black Tern.
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#goodnight #Blueskyfriends #blueskyeworld #zwartestern #blacktern #vogel #vroegevogels_bnnvara #vogelskijken #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching #vogelbescherming #birdsseenin2025 #nikon #nikonphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildleven #wildlifephotography @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social

A great egret, a large white bird is wading in the waters in a marsh.

A black tern is making a pass over the marsh.

Not online as much still, but I had a great day birding yesterday. I will have to get back as soon as I have some more edits. Falling a bit behind on the edits, but should have some soon. Enjoying birding right now.
Here's a few unedited pics from Horicon.
#birds #BlackTern #GreatEgret

A Black Tern having a black head and body with dark gray wings is making a pass over the marsh looking for food.

A Black Tern having a black head and body with dark gray wings is making a pass over the marsh looking for food.

A Black Tern having a black head and body with dark gray wings is making a pass over the marsh looking for food.

Another set of the Black Terns from Horicon Marsh. They are a beautiful bird.
#birds #BlackTern

Juvenile black tern. 🪶 #blacktern #zwartestern

Black tern chicks in their predator proof nests. The bigger ones already fly, but it’s nice when your parents still bring you breakfast in bed. 🪶 #blacktern #zwartestern

Trauerseeschwalben reisen auf einer Palette über die Nordsee...

Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn on their raft traveling between the islands.

#BlackTern #VogelFlausch #BirdPhotography #Trauerseeschwalben

Research shows it would take over 426,000 acres of ricelands to sustain Black Terns above 1,000 individuals — the threshold for long-term survival.

In 2023, rice fields supported more than 3,200.

Rice is helping keep #BlackTern flying.

#ItsInOurNature #BirdsofBlueSky

🪶 #blacktern #zwartestern #wildlifeNL #nature

Black tern chicks in their predator proof nests. The top is open. 🪶 #blacktern #zwartestern #wildlifeNL #nature

Black Terns have lost more than 90% of their historic nesting habitat in California’s Central Valley.

Today, rice fields provide nearly all the remaining breeding habitat for this species of special concern.

#ItsInOurNature #BlackTern #CAWildlife #BirdsofBlueSky

Black Tern in flight - Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge - Zimmerman, MN on 6/10/2025

Camera: Canon EOS R6 mk II
Lens: Canon RF 200-800mm

#photography #wildlife #blacktern #birding #sherburnenationalwildliferefuge

Black tern looking for breakfast. 🪶 #blacktern #zwartestern #wildlifeNL #nature

Succes! This predator proof nest has delivered at least two black tern hatchlings. It was a bit misty this morning. 🪶 #blacktern #zwartestern #wildlifeNL #nature

Black tern in the midst of grooming itself looks as if it is dancing. It is leaning to one side with one wing slightly upward, its head pointed slightly upward and its foot slightly raised

🎶 Tern the beat around...🎶

#birds #tern #blacktern #wildlife #nature #photography #protectnature #conservation #protectwildlife

My lifer black tern photographed in Imperial, Pennsylvania. What a beauty!!! The contrast from the head to tail and very dark face make this a tricky subject to photograph. Thankfully it posed in the cut grass for a bit! #birds #springmigration2025 #blacktern #womenphotographers

Conservation efforts include making floating nests for the black terns. And it works. Unfortunately the chicks also attract flying predators. So man has made protective cages, the terns can get in and out without problems. Bad for pictures, good for the terns 👍🏼 #birds #blacktern #vogels #zwartestern

Black tern Latgale, Latvia
#blacktern #latvia #birdwatching #nature #birds

Sedge warbler

Black tern

Eurasian penduline tit

Osprey

Our recent trip to Latgale, Latvia. #birdphotography
#Sedgewarbler, #Blacktern, #Eurasianpendulinetit, #Osprey, 2025

Zwarte stern #blacktern #Geldersepoort

#dutch #nature #BlackTern #CommonTern #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #wildlife #vogels #vogelskijken #vogelen #outdoors #hiking #beach #sea #photography #spring #birdphotography #canon #sunshine #wildlifephotography #ZwarteStern #Visdief

Black tern chicks. #birds #blacktern #vogels #zwartestern #wildlifeNL #nature

This Black Tern has been at Deeping Lakes since Sunday. It showed well on Sunday morning but the weather hasn't been as good since. More on justwildimages.blogspot.com

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Black Tern at Deeping Lakes today. #blacktern #lincsbirding