Terns with downy chicks in tules.

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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.

An unidentified person’s hand holding up a young black skimmer chick.

Young black skimmer chicks nested in a sand dune.

Black skimmers on the beach.