#terns — Public Fediverse posts
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I am, once again, standing by the bay shore, looking at terns.
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Common Gull (Larus canus) and Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) with a Sand Lance (Ammodytidae)
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Really hoping this is not another wildlife disaster for South Australia, we’ve not recovered from the toxic-not-toxic algal bloom that killed so much of our marine life. When I go down to the beach there are still hardly any birds… and now H5N1 bird flu is confirmed: “Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said CSIRO lab testing had confirmed the deadly strain in a greater crested tern found in Robe in South Australia's Limestone Coast.
“There have also been two further confirmed cases in South Australia and one in Western Australia, bringing the total number of detections to 12.”
#H5N1BirdFlu #SouthAustralia #AldingaBeach #Terns #WildlifeDisaster
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Dance with me
Strutting Tern
The quirky courtship ritual of sooty terns involves the birds cocking their head to one side, dropping their wings and goose-stepping around each other in unison, flicking sand with their feet as they go.Photograph: Georgina Steytler/Australian Geographic
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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 parent with a fish for the chicks
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Forster's tern parent protecting the nest
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Good morning. 🌊🐚☕
18 March 2026
I think I’ll let Charlie take me for a walk this morning so we can breathe some fresh air and get a little exercise. We’ll wait a couple of hours and let the outside warm up first. The temperature usually rises through the day until two or three o’clock, then it drifts back down again like a gentle wave. Usually is the key word — when the temperature starts falling in the middle of the day, something is happening in the atmosphere. Most likely a cold front rolling in from the north.
I used to understand these things a bit better, thanks to a few college classes, but that was a long, long time ago. Still, I remember enough to know that a cold front coming from the south would be a bad omen, especially since I live about eighty miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. That’s where the warm waters feeding the Gulf Stream begin their journey up the eastern coast of the United States and Canada. On the other side of the country, the California Current runs south from British Columbia, carrying much colder water. If you’ve ever dipped your hands in both oceans, you know the difference immediately — the Atlantic feels almost warm compared to the chill of the Pacific.
Those currents do a lot to shape our weather. I wish I could recall more of the details of the country’s physical geography, but the simple truth is this: disrupting those currents would be a very bad thing.
Hmm… another morning where my mind wanders wherever it pleases, even if it leads me into waters deeper than I can swim.
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” — John Muir
“We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.” — Thomas Fuller
“I am still learning.” — Michelangelo, at age 87
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Cabot's Tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus)
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