Even very gregarious species sometimes need social distancing. Royal terns regularly form tight-knit flocks and are typically only territorial around the immediate site of their nest.
A quintessentially saltwater species, the royal tern feeds inshore along barrier beach ocean fronts and back bays, occasionally ranging farther offshore when foraging, especially when feeding chicks.
Royal tern. A quintessentially saltwater species, this tern feeds inshore along barrier beach oceanfronts and back bays, occasionally ranging farther offshore when foraging, especially when feeding chicks.
A quintessentially saltwater species, this tern feeds inshore along barrier beach ocean fronts and back bays, occasionally ranging farther offshore when foraging, especially when feeding chicks.
