A black skimmer on the beach.

Phalarope standing at the edge of a pond. The bird’s reflection is visible on the water.

A gull perched on a bowsprit, one bird flying over. Image note: scratched.

A gull in flight catching a piece of bread from the air. Ships are visible in the distance. Image used in “American Birds.

Four young spotted sandpipers in nest.

A young black tern swallowing a fish.

A young black tern on its nest. Image note: side view.

Two young black terns in a nest, one eating a minnow.

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.