A royal tern chick in the sand.

Young black skimmer chicks nested in a sand dune.

Young black skimmer chicks nested in a sand dune.

Black skimmers on the beach.

An unidentified person walking down the beach with black skimmers in flight overhead.

Herman T. Bohlman and William L. Finley photographing a tern’s nest among the tules.

Three young black terns on a nest. Image note: front view.

Adult Caspian tern with young. Young bird with turned back.

Three Caspian terns at nest. One with fish and one with mouth open. Image note: good.

Dallas Lore Sharp holding a young gull chick. Two eggs set on the ground to the side.