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For my mate
An endangered Adult Least Tern male is offering a fish to a female Least Tern. If she accepts, they will mate (which they did) and have a clutch. This was "Tommy" courting "Tilly" back in 2010. They nested outside of the roped off area that the DEC placed for them and the Piping Plovers. They had a clutch of 2, one survived (Tipi) and adopted two others (Sweetpea and Tank). All three thrived and fledged and migrated.
This was the last year that I have seen Least Terns at this particular beach have successful clutches. Let's pray this year they have a fighting chance.
File state: Proof
Wildlife size: 23.2 Mpixels (66.3 MB uncompressed) - 5952x3892 pixels (19.8x13 in / 50.4x33 cm at 300 ppi)
Wildlife keywords: Canon, Canon T2i, Endangered Species, Federally Protected, Least Terns, Lisa Franceski, Long Island Birds, Long Island Shorebirds, Long Island Sound, Long Island Wildlife, North Shore, Shorebirds, Shorebirds of Long Island, Sigma, Sigma 120-400mm Sternula Antillarum
Published in: Least Terns