We saw these first terns at the north end of the island containing Avalon, NJ. There was a large group of terns standing on a sandbar on a small bay by the bridge heading north. The royal terns have the large, orange bills.

The next royal tern is on a piling near a Great Black Backed Gull. This was on the Port Mahon Rd near Bombay Hook, DE, in August 2006.

Joyce and I saw these next terns on the beach at Siesta Key, near Sarasota FL in late February 2007.

Joyce and I saw the following birds on the Port Mahon Rd on August 18th, 2007. The other bird is a Great Black Backed Gull.

We saw many royal terns at Cape May, NJ in October 2007.