Hi Everyone!!Heard a Royal Tern call from where it was sitting behind the roped off breeding area on the 'east colony' at Nickerson beach tonight. It was amongst the black skimmers! Then one by one they emerged to reveal four of them, and they loafed close to the water on the 'east colony' until flushed by a passer-by. Two flew towards the west colony, and i lost track of the others. Ol' Gull-billed was on the prowl chasing common terns for fish over the east colony as well. Thought it seemed an interesting (early) date for the Royals and worth mentioning here. Not many loafing terns when i was there from 6 to 7pm today. One immature common tern was the only individual that varied from the loafing common terns. Good luck out there!! -Kev --
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