The Forster's tern is a small, sleek, pale-gray bird that flutters above a lake or marsh and plunges into the water to catch fish. The bird is in the same Laridae family as gulls but differs by having ...

Among the gulls I saw squawking and zigzagging over Galveston Bay was a small gull-like bird flying like an aerial acrobat in smooth swoops over the water. The bird was a Forster’s tern that fluttered ...

San Diego’s many bays, beaches and lagoons are a birding haven, but the air show put on by feeding terns makes fall and winter an even better time to head for the coastline. Several species of these ...

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Birdwatchers at Spittal Pond have been treated to the view of a Forster’s Tern in the skies this week, the Bermuda Audubon Society said on their Facebook page. BirdWeb.org says, “The Forster’s Tern is ...

A northeast wind was howling along the beach at Port Aransas as I led a group of intrepid bird-watchers interested in the difference between royal and Caspian terns. It's not an easy task. Even John ...