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Arctic tern

Cool facts from "all about birds":

Arctic Terns migrate from pole to pole; birds in North America travel around 25,000 miles each year.

Downy Arctic Tern hatchlings come in two colors: gray or brown. And chicks from the same nest aren't always the same color.

Arctic Terns can live for decades, but they usually do not start breeding until they are 3 or 4 years old.

The oldest recorded Arctic Tern was at least 34 years old, when it was recaptured and rereleased during a banding operation in Maine. This bird flew at least 850,000 miles, or 3 and a half times to the moon and back!!!

When molting its wing feathers during the winter, the Arctic Tern rarely flies; instead it spends much of its time resting on small blocks of ice at the edge of the pack ice.

 

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Uploaded on September 16, 2021
Taken on June 4, 2021