[Length 12 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This Common Tern in flight was photographed at Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: July 1988)

[Length 12 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This Least Tern was photographed at the Boca Chica beach, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 4, 2009)

[Length 12 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This Common Tern in flight was photographed at the south jetty, Port Aransas, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: August 23, 2009)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 34 in.]

This Elegant Tern was photographed along the coast near Santa Maria, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1997)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 34 in.]

These Elegant Terns in flight were photographed along the coast near Santa Maria, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1997)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 34 in.]

These Elegant Terns were photographed along the coast near Santa Maria, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1997)

[Length 13 in. Wingspan 31 in.]

Forster's Terns are common breeding birds of marshes at many locations across the northern US and southcentral Canada. They winter along the southern coasts of the US. This one was photographed as it hunted over a pond at Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: May 1981)

[Length 13 in. Wingspan 31 in.]

This winter plumaged Forster's Tern was photographed at Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1983)