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Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
Above and below: Least Terns roosting on the beach on Assateague Island, Maryland (8/1/2009).
Below: A juvenile Least Tern - Assateague Island, Maryland (8/1/2009).
Below: A Least Tern at Spring Road in Talbot Co., Maryland (6/2008).
Below: Least Terns return to the Choptank River in Caroline Co., Maryland (4/17/2010).
Below: A pair of Least Terns with one parent holding a small fish - Assateague Island, Maryland (8/1/2009).
Below: A Least Tern on Assateague Island ORV zone, a nesting area for the species (6/5/2005).
Below: A Least Tern plots its next plunge-dive assault on Laguna Madre's minnows (8/4/2007).
Below: Least Terns at Fort Smallwood! (5/20/2012)
Below: A Least Tern rests on the beach on Assateague Island, Maryland (5/14/2010).
Below: A Least Tern at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (5/28/2011).
Below: An endangered subspecies, California Least Tern.
Courtship display at a protected nesting area at Huntington Beach, California (May 2004).
