I met three species of tern at the South Padre Island Convention Centre during my 2024 visit. Royal Terns were one. Least Terns and Sandwich Terns were the other two. If you count skimmers as terns (I do), there were four.
I met three species of tern at the South Padre Island Convention Centre during my 2024 visit. Royal Terns were one. Least Terns and Sandwich Terns were the other two. If you count skimmers as terns (I do), there were four.
I met three species of tern at the South Padre Island Convention Centre during my 2024 visit. Royal Terns were one. Least Terns and Sandwich Terns were the other two. If you count skimmers as terns (I do), there were four.
I met three species of tern at the South Padre Island Convention Centre during my 2024 visit. Royal Terns were one. Least Terns and Sandwich Terns were the other two. If you count skimmers as terns (I do), there were four.
I met three species of tern at the South Padre Island Convention Centre during my 2024 visit. Royal Terns were one. Least Terns and Sandwich Terns were the other two. If you count skimmers as terns (I do), there were four.
I met three species of tern at the South Padre Island Convention Centre during my 2024 visit. Royal Terns were one. Least Terns and Sandwich Terns were the other two. If you count skimmers as terns (I do), there were four.
I met three species of tern at the South Padre Island Convention Centre during my 2024 visit. Royal Terns were one. Least Terns and Sandwich Terns were the other two. If you count skimmers as terns (I do), there were four.
I met three species of tern at the South Padre Island Convention Centre during my 2024 visit. Royal Terns were one. Least Terns and Sandwich Terns were the other two. If you count skimmers as terns (I do), there were four.

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Royal Tern

(Thalasseus maximus)

Description:

Eyes bigger than the stomach? I met three species of tern at the South Padre Island Convention Centre during my 2024 visit. Royal Terns were one. Least Terns and Sandwich Terns were the other two. If you count skimmers as terns (I do), there were four.

Date Taken: 2024:04:15 12:19

Location:

South Padre Island Covention Cen
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
0.00 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

File Name: RoyalTern_Z9X5687_SouthPadreIsland

© 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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