Terns

Southern Arizona is not know for it's terns, though some do occasional find their way. The Common, Elegant, and Forster's Tern photos were all from Southern Arizona though.

Caspain Tern

Common Tern

Elegant Tern

Forster's Tern

Imperial Beach, San Diego, California

Continuing with our trip to San Diego to visit Jay and Ashley. Here are some photos from early Sunday morning (when we had the beach to ourselves):

American Golden Plover

Brown Pelican

Common Tern in Dive

Double Crested Cormorants

Herring Gull

Imperial Beach

Long Billed Curlew

Snowy Plover

Marbled Godwit

Catching Up: Common Tern

Terns aren't exactly "common" in Southern Arizona. Yet occasionally one stops at one of Southern Arizona's watering holes on their way south for the winter. Usually, it is the Elegant, Forsters, and Common Terns that stop by.

Here -- again, not a great photo -- but evidence of the Common Tern's presence:

Common Tern