Wintertime and it's time for the terns to return to our coast. I love these elegant looking Royal Terns and their colonies are full of sounds and antics that are sure to amuse. There are courting rituals that rival the roses, poetry and candy common to us humans. Though the males do bribe their sweethearts with fresh fish during courting... kind of like dinner at nice restaurant, the bobbing, weaving and head ducking is something I hope to never see on the dance floor from a date.
Nonetheless, the terns are back and I enjoy having them add an interesting element to my beach walks. They also tempt me to break into song appropriately from The Byrds... To everything, turn, turn, turn; There is a season, tern, tern, tern...
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