SundownIsland > The tern chicks are always fun to watch.  This year they were congregated on the southeast to south end of the island.  They were so close to the water that we had to walk in the brush to keep from scaring the babies. There were hundreds of chicks, all stages.  Of course there were adult terns there, but it seemed like the Brown Pelicans were the back-up baby sitters.

Photo credit: Marcy Spears
SundownIsland > I'm not sure what was going on here, but it looked like a "face-off" between the two young Royal Terns and a chick witnessing the event (upper left corner).
SundownIsland > This juvenile American Brown Pelican was taking a walk through the new baby terns.
SundownIsland > Sandwich and Royal Tern adults and chicks on the east side of Sundown Island.  There were hundreds of them.
SundownIsland > This photo of hundreds of baby terns with a few American Brown Pelican baby-sitters was taken on the Northeast corner of the island.  It was like this for three or four hundred yards.  Note that there wasn't much shore area for them because of erosion on this side of the island.
The tern chicks are always fun to watch. This year they were congregated on the southeast to south end of the island. They were so close to the water that we had to walk in the brush to keep from scaring the babies. There were hundreds of chicks, all stages. Of course there were adult terns there, but it seemed like the Brown Pelicans were the back-up baby sitters.

Photo credit: Marcy Spears
SundownIsland > The tern chicks are always fun to watch.  This year they were congregated on the southeast to south end of the island.  They were so close to the water that we had to walk in the brush to keep from scaring the babies. There were hundreds of chicks, all stages.  Of course there were adult terns there, but it seemed like the Brown Pelicans were the back-up baby sitters.

Photo credit: Marcy Spears
The tern chicks are always fun to watch. This year they were congregated on the southeast to south end of the island. They were so close to the water that we had to walk in the brush to keep from scaring the babies. There were hundreds of chicks, all stages. Of course there were adult terns there, but it seemed like the Brown Pelicans were the back-up baby sitters.

Photo credit: Marcy Spears
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