Alternate plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 6-06. © John  C. Avise.

Least Tern

Sterna antillarum

Charadriiformes; Laridae

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Alternate plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 6-06. © John  C. Avise.
Juvenile, Bolsa Chica, Orange Co., 6-06. © John  C. Avise.

Juvenile, Bolsa Chica, Orange Co., 6-06. © John  C. Avise.
Alternate plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 6-06. © John  C. Avise.

Alternate plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 6-06. © John  C. Avise.
Alternate plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 6-06. © John  C. Avise.

Alternate plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 6-06. © John  C. Avise.
Fledgling, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 7-06. © John  C. Avise.

Courtship and mating (video). Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., CA. 5-3-12.
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Courtship and mating (video). Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., CA. 5-7-12.
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Chicks, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 6-07. © John  C. Avise. 		Adult delivering fish to chick. Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Orange Co., CA. 6-18-2021. © Peter J. Bryant