Elegant Tern, Sterna elegans

Abundance: Very common
Season: Summer/breeding season
Habitat: Seen most often in flight; Shore or mudflat

Slide #29.24.22 - Adult, alternate, in flight (Jul 22). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.

Slide #29.24.31 - Adult, basic, in flight (Sep 14). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.

Slide #29.24.17 - Adult, alternate, molting to basic, in flight (Aug 2). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.