A glaucous gull nest with three eggs.

A downy young glaucous gull chick in the palm of an unidentified woman’s hand. Two eggs are in a nest below.

Irene Finley walking through nests in the sand in a royal tern colony near Aransas Pass.

Royal tern eggs distributed in the sand at a royal tern colony.

Royal terns in flight and on the shore with eggs visible on the sand in the foreground at a colony near Aransas Pass.

Two royal tern chicks in the sand.

A close view of royal tern eggs in the sand.

A royal tern chick in the sand.

Close view of a laughing gull nest containing three eggs.

Close view of a laughing gull nest containing three eggs.