Juvenile Tern
On our first visit to Radio Road this year, we spotted this juvenile Forster's Tern. The Forster's Tern breeds primarily in marshes and winters along the coasts. The comma-shaped black ear patch in winter plumage is distinctive, but some other plumages are so varied as to be downright confusing. The Tern breeds in loose colonies, with spacing dictated by arrangement of good nesting sites. It can be aggressive toward other birds in the vicinity of its nest.
Juvenile Tern
On our first visit to Radio Road this year, we spotted this juvenile Forster's Tern. The Forster's Tern breeds primarily in marshes and winters along the coasts. The comma-shaped black ear patch in winter plumage is distinctive, but some other plumages are so varied as to be downright confusing. The Tern breeds in loose colonies, with spacing dictated by arrangement of good nesting sites. It can be aggressive toward other birds in the vicinity of its nest.