tern

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The area is known for seals and also has the largest tern and black-headed gull colony in mainland Scotland.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

The polar bears pop up from their winter lairs, the arctic tern soar back from their long journey south and the musk oxen wade north.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

That could damage habitats for local wildlife, including the endangered Texas hornshell mussel and the least tern, a small bird that nests along rivers, and affect the Monarch butterfly that migrates through the area.

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2023

Off-leash dogs are putting at risk the survival of the endangered California least tern and threatened western snowy plover at their habitat at the Santa Ana River mouth, experts say.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2023

As the chips glowed red, Miyax saw another Arctic tern flying the same route as the others.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George