Close up view of three common tern eggs and a nestling. The eggs are slightly oblong, tan and have irregular dark brown dots. One eggs has a hole in it that the soon to be nestling has pecked and a recently emerged nestling is laying over the other two eggs.
Photo By/Credit
Alaina Larkin/USFWS
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Common tern nestling and eggs as observed during a survey.
Facility
Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
Ecosystem
Lake
Species
Sterna hirundo
Subject tags
Nestlings