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Small terns in flight

By Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) 2020 (approx.)
Seven white birds viewed from above, at some distance, over a dark ocean
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Zoomed image of small terns in flight.

The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions. Learn more here.

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