287 LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons
Australia (257)
21-24 cm, span c. 50 cm. Range around the coast of the mainland from Shark Bay (WA) north to Adelaide (SA) and along n. and e. coast of Tasmania. Found in coastal waters, bays, inlets, beaches, sand dunes, lakes and salt lakes. Summer migrants
the images in flight are wonderful - they look so elegant when they are up in the sky - makes me envious - they can't just be flying to get around - they have to do it for the pure joy of it sometimes
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