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	Elegant Tern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans or sometimes Thalasseus elegans) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae.
		Unlike some of the smaller white terns, it is not very aggressive toward potential predators, relying on the sheer density of the nests (often only 20-30cm apart) and nesting close to other more aggressive species such as Heermann's Gulls to avoid predation.
		This is a medium-large tern, with a long, slender orange bill, pale grey upperparts and white underparts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elegant_Tern (316 words)

	Sandwich Tern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae.
		Unlike some of the smaller white terns, it is not very aggressive toward potential predators, relying on the sheer density of the nests (often only 20-30cm apart) and nesting close to other more aggressive species such as Arctic Terns and Black-headed Gulls to avoid predation.
		This is a medium-large tern, 37-43cm long with a 85-97cm wingspan, which is unlikely to be confused within most of its range, although the South American race could be confused with the Elegant Tern.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandwich_Tern (441 words)

	SDNHM - Sterna elegans (Elegant Tern)
		Elegant Terns during mating ritual on Isla Rasa — from the film, Ocean Oasis.
		Sterna elegans, the Elegant Tern, is a medium-size, orange-billed, shaggy-crested member of the tern subfamily.
		Elegant Terns breed on islands in the Gulf of California (90% of the know population on Isla Rasa), along the west coast of Baja California, and near San Diego, California (since 1959).
	www.oceanoasis.org /fieldguide/ster-ele.html (431 words)

	Audubon WatchList - Elegant Tern
		Elegant Terns are medium-sized terns with long orange bills, fl caps with shaggy crests, light gray upperparts, white underparts (sometimes tinged pink), and fl legs.
		Elegant Terns are typically found along the shallow waters of estuaries and bays along the ocean.
		Elegant Terns face a number of threats common to colonially-nesting seabirds, but these threats are particularly serious for this species, since it only breeds in five locations, and 90-97% of its population is concentrated on one island during the breeding season.
	audubon2.org /webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=75 (732 words)

	SDNHM Focus on Royal and Elegant Terns
		In the Elegant Tern, the fl plumage of the nape extends forward to surround the eye completely and to cover the rear half of the crown.
		The only records of the Sandwich Tern in San Diego County, in 1980, 1982, 1985, and 1987, were of an individual that courted Elegant Terns in the colony at the works, and in 1995 another hybridized with an Elegant in the colony at Bolsa Chica.
		The Elegant Tern follows a migration schedule sharply defined by the calendar: arrival in early March, a postbreeding influx in June, July, and August, and departure in October and November.
	www.sdnhm.org /research/birdatlas/focus/terns.html (1583 words)

	Elegant Tern -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans or sometimes Thalasseus elegans) is a (A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.) seabird of the (Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail) tern family Sternidae.
		Unlike some of the smaller white terns, it is not very aggressive toward potential predators, relying on the sheer density of the nests (often only 20-30cm apart) and nesting close to other more aggressive species such as (Click link for more info and facts about Heermann's Gull) Heermann's Gulls to avoid predation.
		This bird could be confused with the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Tern) Royal Tern, but the latter species is larger and thicker-billed and shows more white on the forehead in winter.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/el/elegant_tern.htm (392 words)

	Notes on the Elegant Tern as a Bird of California
		For a portion of this period the Elegant Tern proved to be a fairly common water bird on Morro Bay, or else on the outside ocean beach.
		As to relative size, then, the Elegant Tern is about half the bulk of the Royal, and yet about twice that of the Common, Arctic or Forster.
		In other words, the Elegant is fairly midway in size between the Royal and the tern next smaller than itseft---obviously a good criterion for recognition when any of the species in question are about.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Condor/files/issues/v021n06/p0230-p0234.html (4108 words)

	Sandwich Tern
		Tern and strongly suggests that it is a hybrid, likely born at Bolsa Chica ORA in summer 1993.
		The tern roost was on an island on the MTY side of the river, but the flock flushed and relanded several times, and occurred over SCZ airspace several times.
		The Elegant Tern colony of (by my estimate) 600-700 birds was located on the far (north?) side of the salt works, thus adjacent to the bay itself.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/CAlistSATE.html (786 words)

	Bonnie da Bird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Terns of Europe and North America (Olsen and Larsson) states that the Elegant "juvenile has a complete molt to first-winter plumage," so this would account for molting primaries.
		After I took the three photographs, the tern flew E along the shore towards the Bay Pier where it began diving and feeding.
		The photos of the resting tern don't show any reddish coloring in the feet, but one of the photos of the tern with fish in bill does show the reddish in the feet, so perhaps this was the parent tern.
	home.earthlink.net /~bonniedabird/elegant_tern4.htm (439 words)

	The BirdWeb - Species Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Elegant Terns sometimes breed in mixed colonies with other terns or Heerman’s Gulls, where their nests are packed closely together.
		Elegant Terns migrate north and south along the coast in late summer and early fall after the breeding season.
		The Elegant Tern is a rare visitor to Washington from July to mid-September, along the southern outer coast in sandy habitats and offshore.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/species.asp?id=214 (796 words)

	North American Birds: Probable hybridization between Elegant Tern and Sandwich Tern in west-central Florida: The first ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rosy underpants are unique to Elegant Terns among orange-- billed crested terns (Olsen and Larsson 1995), and the bird's size-intermediate between Royal and Sandwich Terns-rules out the smaller Cayenne Tern (S. [sandvicensis] eurygnatha) of the West Indies and South America, which is similar in size to the American race of Sandwich Tern, acuflavida.
		A lone Sandwich Tern bred with an Elegant Tern in California in 1995 and 1997 (Collins 1997), one or more Elegant Terns bred with Sandwich Terns in France from 1974 to 1985 (Olsen and Larsson 1995), and lone Lesser Crested Terns have bred with Sandwich Terns in England and the Netherlands (Olsen and Larsson 1995).
		The nesting of a vagrant Elegant Tern with a Sandwich Tern in Florida is therefore not surprising, especially considering the presence of Elegant Terns in the area for the previous two years.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4104/is_200301/ai_n9236040 (1448 words)

	Elegant Tern - Wildlife - Presidio of San Francisco
		Elegant Terns take a break from fishing off Crissy Field.
		The Elegant Tern's diet primarily consists of small fish, which it dives for from above the water after hovering.
		This moderate-size tern has a long, orange beak, a short fl crest.
	www.nps.gov /prsf/nathist1/wildlife/birds/elegant_tern.htm (97 words)

	Articles - Tern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily Sterninae of the gull family Laridae.
		Many terns breeding in temperate zones are long-distance migrants, and the Arctic Tern probably sees more daylight than any other creature, since it migrates from its northern breeding grounds to Antarctic waters.
		Terns in the genus Sterna have deeply forked tails, those in Chlidonias and Larosterna shallowly forked tails, while the noddies (genera Anous, Procelsterna, Gygis) have unusual 'notched wedge' shaped tails, the longest tail feathers being the middle-outer, not the central nor the outermost.
	www.bird-center.net /articles/Tern (387 words)

	Elegant Tern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Elegant Tern was found in a mixed Royal and Sandwich tern colony.
		The Elegant Tern is not much larger than a Sandwich Tern, a few of which are to the bird's left.
		It is hoped that photographs or videotapes of the Elegant brooding the egg, or perhaps later feeding the chck (if it survives), can be obtained by Rich Paul over the next few days or weeks, therby definitively proving breeding of Elegant Terns in Florida.
	www.fosbirds.org /gallery/elegant_nesting.html (403 words)

	Vineyard Gazette - Nature
		The bird was a mystery and remained an unidentified large orange-billed tern by the first birders to discover it on August 5.
		So the probable list of tern species that it might be had to include all the known tern species on the planet.
		The surprising thing about elegant terns is that they live in the Pacific Ocean, never venturing to the Atlantic.
	www.mvgazette.com /features/nature?document=20020823_elegant_tern (685 words)

	B-Mail(sm): ID-FRONTIERS for March 1-10, 2001
		Second, the mystifying Elegant Tern situation in Europe is not all that different from the Black-tailed Gull situation in North America.
		Elegant Tern is not a northern breeder and was never seen in Europe during winter.
		Elegant Terns do cross continents, are >overlooked inland, are overlooked on the east coast, do cross oceans and can >spend spring at the latitude of Alaska...
	www.virtualbirder.com /bmail/idfrontiers/200103/w1 (13727 words)

	A Royal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although Elegant Tern was considered a strong possibility at this point, the rump color had not been seen, the bill seemed a bit stocky, and in the images taken on the 15th, the mantle appeared rather dark (similar in shade to the adjacent Common Terns).
		The rump proved to be pure white, the mantle was distinctly paler than on Common Tern (though darker than Roseate), and the bill was determined to be well within the range of Elegant.
		This final image is of five species of terns from the MCZ collection, illustrating relative sizes and mantle coloration.
	home.comcast.net /~odenews/ElegantTernChatham.htm (407 words)

	elegant tern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The elegant tern is a California coastal bird and, like the bird, the music on this album is also graceful and beautiful.
		However, all the cuts on Elegant Tern are, well, elegant.
		Instead, as Clarelynn once again thanks him in her liner notes, Alex de Grassi is an apt comparison, although surely Clarelynn Rose has her own distinctive "voice" and offers music that is original and sincere.
	www.windandwire.com /march/elegant_tern.htm (359 words)

	B-Mail(sm): ID-FRONTIERS for June 16-22, 2002
		This stage of moult in Elegant Terns in California in early June would probably be very rare, if it occurs at all, but I am sure American west coast birders are in a better position to judge that.
		Without a clear thought to the status of terns as a whole, Elegant Terns stand out as different in that their populations increased in numbers along the west coast of North America in the second part of the 20th century.
		The breeding of the Cayenne or Yellow-billed Sandwich Tern in Curacao in 1958.
	www.virtualbirder.com /bmail/idfrontiers/200206/w3 (4923 words)

	Clarelynn Rose, Elegant Tern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In any case, Rose's career path seems to be working so far because her second album Elegant Tern is a lovely collection of guitar solos.
		This means that Elegant Tern works equally well as background music or as music that merits attention.
		She is donating 10 percent of the album's proceeds to environmental education.
	www.rambles.net /rose_tern02.html (437 words)

	Guitar Nine Records - "Elegant Tern" Review Featured In Bridge Guitar Reviews,
		She has released her second album now, which is called Elegant Tern.
		My favorites are “Elegant Tern”, “Sound of Thunderclouds” and “Damnation Trail” as they have a deep spiritual feeling with a melancholic character in nice melody building and perfect balance in the melody lines.The recording by “Laughing Coyote Studio” is excellent.
		Clarelynn Rose has managed to make an exceptional album, as “Elegant Tern” is as well an album for the pure fingerstyle guitarist as people who like Folk music with a touch of New Age Music.
	www.guitar9.com /elegantternrev1.html (337 words)

	ELEGANT TERN FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Unlike some of the smaller white terns, it is not very aggressive toward potential predators, relying on the sheer density of the nests (often only 20-30cm apart) and nesting close to other more aggressive species such as Heermann's_Gulls to avoid predation.
		This bird could be confused with the Royal_Tern, but the latter species is larger and thicker-billed and shows more white on the forehead in winter.
		Out of range, it can also be easily confused with the Lesser_Crested_Tern.
	www.palfacts.com /Elegant_Tern (296 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Elegant Terns have been reported this year from Oceanshores, WA and the Necannicum Estuary, Seaside OR.
		movements of Elegant Terns are usually associated with warm water conditions.
		What follows are historical Elegant Tern counts for Oregon showing past trends.
	home.pacifier.com /~mpatters/bird/elte.html (93 words)

	Elegant Tern Seabird Habitat and Colony Restoration Decoys, Social Attraction and Colonization of Rare and Endangered ...
		Elegant Tern Seabird Habitat and Colony Restoration Decoys, Social Attraction and Colonization of Rare and Endangered Seabirds, Decoys by Mad River Decoy
		The Port of Los Angeles initiated a project in 2005 using Elegant Tern decoys to relocate a breeding colony of Caspian and Elegant Terns away from a Least Tern nesting area.
		Royal Tern • Elegant Tern • Common Murre • Brandt's Cormorant • Double Crested Cormorant
	www.madriverdecoy.com /elegant_tern.htm (131 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
		A large tern with a long orange or yellow bill.
		Discussion The nesting of the Elegant Tern is restricted mostly to Isla Raza, a small flat island in the northern part of the Gulf of California, where it has several colonies of hundreds of nests.
		Since colonies are crowded, with each female just out of bill range of her neighbors, and coastal winds obliterate landmarks that help adults find their nests, the individual color and markings of the single egg help parents recognize their own.
	www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesRECNUM.asp?recnum=BD0081 (269 words)

	ipedia.com: Tern Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Terns Arctic Tern at nest on the Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK.
		Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) at nest on the
		Large terns with a shaggy fl crest; strictly coastal.
	www.ipedia.com /tern.html (458 words)

	BIRDWG05 Archives - July 2001, week 3
		AZ: ELEGANT TERN at Avra Valley WWTP - 7/18/01
		Elegant Tern at Avra Valley, Tucson 7/18/01 (28 lines)
		Elegant Tern, Avra Valley Ponds, AZ (34 lines)
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind0107c&L=birdwg05 (402 words)

	IBRRC: Birds in Focus: Elegant Tern
		Elegant Tern at San Pedro center before release.
		Elegant Terns breed on islands in the Gulf of California along the west coast of Baja California, and near San Diego, California.
		They commonly move north to the central California coast from midsummer through fall.
	www.ibrrc.org /tern_elegant.html (78 words)

	CD Baby: CLARELYNN ROSE: Elegant Tern - from jkloss
		Zen guitar at its best, elegant and enchanting.
		Influences of the natural world are evident in tracks like Sunshower and the graceful title track, Elegant Tern.
		Rose's Buddhist roots shine in the Song of Putuo Mountain and the pensive Sound of Thunderclouds.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/clarelynnr2/from/jkloss (300 words)

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