A western gull nest and three eggs.

A western gull nest and three eggs.

A nesting site for guillemott pigeons showing eggs.

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

A royal tern chick in the sand.

A close view of royal tern eggs in the sand.

A close view of two royal tern eggs and one newly hatched chick in the sand.

Irene Finley with a camera on a tripod photographing a royal tern colony.

Irene Finley with a camera on a tripod photographing a royal tern colony.

Irene Finley crouching with eggs in her hands in the middle of a royal tern colony.