Forster's terns will perform group mobbing behaviors if a danger gets too close to the colony. A nice bit of community.

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Forster's tern protecting a nest

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Forster's tern parent with a fish for the chicks

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Forster's tern parent protecting the nest

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Forster's tern soaring

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Forster's tern chicks

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A Black tern

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A Black tern

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