Painted

1909

Published

1932

Volume

2

Plate

72

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Roseate Tern

Sterna dougalli

DESCRIPTION

In the good old cruising days my first act o' mornings was to look thru the porthole. There was a snug little harbor (scarcely an acre in extent) just inside Debs Inlet on Long Island. When I peeked out that May morning at the beach within fifty feet, there was a picture! Thirty-two ROSEATE TERNS were holding a wooing carnival there!

The sun was still abed but hints of its awakening tinted the east, the sand and those graceful birds. Not their breasts but all their bodies blushed. And well they might! With heads aloft, wings and tails spread, the lovely swains pirouetted so entrancingly that "none could resist." Still the ladies didn't seem much interested. When sight of their charms was ineffective, the disappointed lovers flew off and returned with wiggly fish — appeal to appetite might prevail! The fish were calmly eaten and the morning toilet continued. Well — females are funny!

Roseate Terns often nest in company with Common Terns but usually select an area of their own. Like others of the genus they are spunky and aggressive in defending their open-hearth homes.

BREEDING

RANGE

From Nova Scotia southward.

roseate-tern
gullbill-tern
Gullbill Tern
63
caspian-tern
Caspian Tern
64
royal-tern
Royal Tern
65
elegant-tern
Elegant Tern
66
cabot-tern
Cabot Tern
67
forster-tern
Forster Tern
69
common-tern
Common Tern
70
arctic-tern
Arctic Tern
71
roseate-tern
Roseate Tern
72
aleutian-tern
Aleutian Tern
73
least-tern
Least Tern
74
sooty-tern
Sooty Tern
75
black-tern
Black Tern
77
noddy
Noddy
79
black-skimmer
Black Skimmer
80
blackfoot-albatross
Blackfoot Albatross
81
shorttail-albatross
Shorttail Albatross
82
laysan-albatross
Laysan Albatross
82.1
fulmar-pacific-fulmar
Fulmar, Pacific Fulmar
86-86b
rodgers-fulmar
Rodgers Fulmar
86.1
slenderbill-fulmar
Slenderbill Fulmar
87
cory-shearwater
Cory Shearwater
88
greater-shearwater
Greater Shearwater
89
pinkfoot-shearwater
Pinkfoot Shearwater
91
audubon-shearwater
Audubon Shearwater
92
blackvent-shearwater
Blackvent Shearwater
93
townsend-shearwater
Townsend Shearwater
93.1
atlantic-shearwater
Atlantic Shearwater
94
sooty-shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
95
slenderbill-shearwater
Slenderbill Shearwater
96
wedgetail-shearwater
Wedgetail Shearwater
96.1
least-petrel
Least Petrel
103
stormy-petrel
Stormy Petrel
104
forktail-petrel
Forktail Petrel
105
kaeding-petrel
Kaeding Petrel
105.1
leach-petrel
Leach Petrel
106
guadalupe-petrel
Guadalupe Petrel
106.1
black-petrel
Black Petrel
107
ashy-petrel
Ashy Petrel
108
socorro-petrel
Socorro Petrel
108.1
wilson-petrel
Wilson Petrel
109
yellowbill-tropic-bird
Yellowbill Tropic Bird
112
redbill-tropic-bird
Redbill Tropic Bird
113
blueface-booby
Blueface Booby
114
bluefoot-booby
Bluefoot Booby
114.1
booby
Booby
115
brewster-booby
Brewster Booby
115.1
redfoot-booby
Redfoot Booby
116
gannet
Gannet
117
water-turkey
Water Turkey
118
cormorant
Cormorant
119
doublecrest-cormorant
Doublecrest Cormorant, Florida Cormorant
120-120a
whitecrest-cormorant
Whitecrest Cormorant, Farallon Cormorant
120b-120c
mexican-cormorant
Mexican Cormorant
121
brandt-cormorant
Brandt Cormorant
122
pelagic-cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant, Violetgreen Cormorant, Baird Cormorant
123-123a-123b
redface-cormorant
Redface Cormorant
124
white-pelican
White Pelican
125
brown-pelican
Brown Pelican
126
man-o-war-bird
Man-o’-war-bird
128