We spent a cold, but enjoyable morning with Andrew Baksh at Nickerson Beach this morning, watching the many terns bathing/loafing in and around the rainfall pools located on the beach off the southwestern corner of the parking lot. Among the many Common Terns were two Roseate Terns and a Gull-billed Tern. An added treat was seeing an immature Bald Eagle fly over the tern colony and watching the terns and skimmers rise up en masse. A photo of the eagle is on my flickr site. The previously reported Arctic and Black Terns were not seen. An impressive number of Black Scoters, with a few Surf Scoters mixed in, have been observed off the beach recently, todays number being estimated at two hundred fifty birds.
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