Royal Tern

Photo By/Credit

Hagerty, Ryan/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
03/08/2003
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The loud, rolling “ Keer-reet ” call of foraging Royal Terns is among the most conspicuous and typical summer sounds of the mid-Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, as well as of Caribbean and southern California waters in fall and winter.
Subject tags
Wildlife refuges
Shorebirds
Coasts
Birds