A group of white, gray, and black birds standing on the water's edge, surrounded by a serene natural landscape.

Elegant tern party with a party crashing Forster's tern.

#eleganttern #forsterstern #terns #naturephotography #nature #birds #birders #birdwatchers #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #dailybird #birdsofbluesky #naturephotos #huntingtonbeach #bolsachica

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#PerfectLighting
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#sanderling
#greategret
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#pendercountync
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A little fork-tailed white tern with long narrow wings and a black eyepatch soars low over water.

#DailyBird 🤖
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri), 8th May 2024
es: Charrán de Forster, fr: Sterne de Forster
Cape Henlopen State Park, The Glade, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 15% crop, 1/2000s, f/14, ISO 2500
#Birds #ForstersTern #FOTE

let's go for a spin
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#tern
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#surfcitync
#nature
#photography

Forster’s Tern at Edwin B Forsythe 9/22/25

#forsterstern #tern
#birds #🪶

Forster's Tern at Lake Vermilion, Danville, IL. (OM-1 Mk2, M.150-400mm)
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Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

📌 Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, NJ
📸 Nikon D500 | 200-500mm
🗓️ June 30, 2025

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My friendly neighborhood #ForstersTern passing through. The clearly forked tail is often a give away that a FOTE is around (as oppose to a CATE, LETE, or similar).

May 2025 in Illinois #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography #birdsinflight

Original post on indieweb.social

While scanning the skies above Cape May Harbour, I spotted a slender tern gliding past the boat. At first, I wasn’t sure which species I’d photographed—Caspian, Common, or Forster’s? Back at home, subtle field marks confirmed it was Forster’s Tern in breeding plumage. A life bird. One that […]

I feel like Brown Pelicans suspect every smaller thing of being a snack. 😆
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Have you ever watched a Tern looking for lunch? Fascinating birds! #tern #forsterstern #longpoint #norfolkcounty #ontario #canada #3westphoto #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdphotographer #wildlife #wildlifephotograpy #nature #naturephotography #discoverontario #explore

Caught a fish. Dropped the fish. Caught the fish again. 😮‍💨
#ForstersTern

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Working on the details of those long tail feathers! Gotta stay looking sharp out there!
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Great end to the weekend watching the #ForstersTern fishing along the River Wyre at Skippool in the sunshine this evening. Chuffed it's lingered locally. Would be very happy if it decided to wander just that little bit further south. 🙏 #LancsBirding

Forsters tern diving straight into a lake

Me hittin the weekend like...... 🪶
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#forsterstern

Forster’s tern fishing. An amazing bird that rotates its head and flips the fish to swallow.
#forsterstern #femalephotographer #wildlifephotographer

Happy #TernTuesday! Here is a lovely #ForstersTern that was part of a group of more than a dozen that were snacking at a pond on the space coast of Florida. #birds #tern

Forster's tern preening while sitting on the beach rocks.

Forster's tern preening
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#forsterstern

🪶 #TernOfTheDay
This #ForstersTern was in #NovaScotia. Canada.
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#WildLife #WildLifePhotography #Tern #Forsters #Canon
#NatureConneXion #NatureLovers #🪶

My entry for #terntuesday is this determined-looking #forsterstern that I saw on an outing yesterday. #birds #tern

let's go for a spin
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A lone, aerodynamic seabird soars past over a foreboding gray sea.

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Forster's Tern, 19th May 2022
Cape Henlopen State Park, The Glade, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 568mm, 15% crop, 1/2000s, f/9, ISO 320
#Birds #ForstersTern #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers

Fly away

Forster’s Tern in Dennis MA 11/05/24 🪶 #birds #tern #ForstersTern #NaturePhotography #photography #CapeCod

Using my Tern signal

Forster’s Tern in Wellfleet MA 10/01/24 🪶 #birds #tern #forsterstern #naturephotography #photography #wellfleet #capecod

Foresters Tern
(Sterna forsteri)

Cool fact from Cornell’s All About Birds- In the 1800s, Forster’s Terns and several other tern species were shot, stuffed, and mounted onto large hats that were fashionable during the Victorian and Edwardian era millinery trade.

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Lots of quiet reflection going on at Viera Wetlands.

Great Blue Heron
Forster’s Tern

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