ARCTIC TERN
(Sterna paradisaea)

 
 
Aectic Tern has the longest migration route of all the world's birds - between 20,000 and 30,000 miles annually.
 
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Arctic Tern
Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
June 2, 2008 ©John Schwarz
  Arctic Tern
Tracy Arm, Juneau, AK
June 7, 2008 ©John Schwarz
Arctic Terns - nesting   Arctic Tern

OTHER LARIDS
(FAMILY LARIDAE)

     GULLS
          Black-headed Gull
          Black-legged Kittiwake
          Bonaparte's Gull
          California Gull
          Franklin's Gull
          Glaucous Gull
          Glaucous-winged Gull
          Great Black-backed Gull
          Heermann's Gull
          Herring Gull
          Laughing Gull
          Lesser Black-backed Gull
          Mew Gull
          Red-legged Kittiwake
          Ring-billed Gull

          Slaty-backed Gull
          Swallow-tailed Gull
          Western Gull

     SKIMMERS
          Black Skimmer

     TERNS
          Black Noddy
          Brown Noddy
          Caspian Tern
          Common Tern
          Elegant Tern
          Forster's Tern
          Gull-billed Tern
         
Least Tern
          Roseate Tern
         
Royal Tern
          Sandwich Tern
          Sooty Tern

 

 
Arctic Terns - nesting
Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
June 2, 2008 ©John Schwarz
Arctic Tern
Tracy Arm, Juneau, AK
June 7, 2008 ©John Schwarz
Arctic Tern Arctic Tern
Arctic Tern
Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
June 2, 2008 ©John Schwarz
Arctic Tern
Tracy Arm, Juneau, AK
June 7, 2008 ©John Schwarz
Arctic Tern  
  Arctic Tern
Tracy Arm, Juneau, AK
June 7, 2008 ©John Schwarz