Left image is of a Roseate Tern in flight against a light blue sky. The birds’ wings are fully extended and are white from below and narrow. The body is streamlined and the tail has two streamer-like feathers extending backwards. Central image is a black and white map of the Atlantic Canada. The few nesting colonies are highlighted in yellow. Right Image is a forward facing of a Roseate Tern standing on a smooth rock. Black cap and beak. White body and grey wings and short orange feet. Text: Roseate Tern. Roseate Tern have less than 150 breeding pairs spread over the Atlantic Canada nesting colonies: Sable Island, Brother Island, Country Island, and les Îles de la Madeleine. Researchers are still mystified about where these migrating seabirds spend the months between January and April. #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #RoseateTern. Logo: Museum of Natural History a part of the NSM.
From May until August #RoseateTerns are at the breeding and nesting colonies. Once the young can migrate the seabirds fly away to their winter habitats. There is still a mystery surrounding where these birds spend January through to April.
#NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #RoseateTern
