Roseate Tern is primarily a tropical pelagic species that breeds in North America only in the Florida Strait and in localized spots in New England and Nova Scotia.
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Roseate Tern
Faulkner’s Island, Long Island Sound, CT
August 11, 2006©John Schwarz
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Roseate Tern (center)
Florida Strait, Dry Tortugas NP, FL
April 19, 2006 ©John Schwarz
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Roseate Terns (note very long tail)
Florida Strait, Dry Tortugas NP, FL
April 12, 2008 ©John Schwarz
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Roseate Terns (note very long tail)
Florida Strait, Dry Tortugas NP, FL
April 12, 2008 ©John Schwarz
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Roseate Tern
Faulkner’s Island, Long Island Sound, CT
August 11, 2006©John Schwarz
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Roseate Tern (top) – with Forster’s Tern (lower right) and Common Tern (center and lower left)
Faulkner’s Island, Long Island Sound, CT
August 11, 2006©John Schwarz
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Roseate Tern – late juvenile
Faulkner’s Island, Long Island Sound, CT
August 11, 2006©John Schwarz
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Roseate Tern
Florida Strait, Dry Tortugas NP, FL
April 19, 2006 ©John Schwarz