mille-lacs-nwr-common-tern-chick-and-eggs

Close up view of three common tern eggs and a nestling. The eggs are slightly oblong, tan and have irregular dark brown dots. One eggs has a hole in it that the soon to be nestling has pecked and a recently emerged nestling is laying over the other two eggs.
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mille-lacs-nwr-common-tern-chick-and-eggs

Common tern nestling and eggs as observed during a survey.
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Photo By/Credit
Alaina Larkin/USFWS
Facility
Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
Ecosystem
Lake
Species
Sterna hirundo
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Subject tags
Nestlings