roseate tern
noun
: a medium-sized tern (Sterna dougallii) that is widespread at sea and in coastal areas of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans and that has a faint roseate tinge to the breast in the breeding season
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Several species, including black skimmers, least terns, roseate terns and American oystercatchers, have taken to nesting on the plentiful gravel rooftops of buildings near the waterfront.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
Plum Island is home to 227 species of birds, including piping plovers, roseate terns, Northern harriers, ospreys and American oystercatchers, according to Save the Sound’s Envision Plum Island Report.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
One endangered species being monitored is the roseate tern on Buzzards Bay off the coast of Massachusetts.
—New York Times, 17 June 2022
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a royal tern, 5 parasitic jaegers, 1,100 laughing gulls, 2 least terns, 175 roseate terns, 2,800 common terns, 4 species of shearwater, and 2 common ravens.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2019
At Gooseberry Neck, there were 84 black scoters, three ruddy turnstones, three roseate terns, a great shearwater, a Northern gannet, two cliff swallows, and two orchard orioles.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2019
Race Point sightings included a little gull and a royal tern, as well as 3 American oystercatchers, 14 piping plovers, 2 parasitic jaegers, 425 least terns, 3 black terns, 26 roseate terns, and 7 Manx shearwaters.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2019
Sightings from Race Point in Provincetown included a mix of lingering winter birds like Pacific loon, Iceland gulls, and snowy owl, along with new spring arrivals like parasitic jaegers, common terns, a roseate tern, and sooty shearwaters.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2018
Also spotted on the island were six common loons, two American golden-plovers, two roseate terns, and a seaside sparrow.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2018
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
Plum Island is home to 227 species of birds, including piping plovers, roseate terns, Northern harriers, ospreys and American oystercatchers, according to Save the Sound’s Envision Plum Island Report.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
One endangered species being monitored is the roseate tern on Buzzards Bay off the coast of Massachusetts.
—New York Times, 17 June 2022
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a royal tern, 5 parasitic jaegers, 1,100 laughing gulls, 2 least terns, 175 roseate terns, 2,800 common terns, 4 species of shearwater, and 2 common ravens.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2019
At Gooseberry Neck, there were 84 black scoters, three ruddy turnstones, three roseate terns, a great shearwater, a Northern gannet, two cliff swallows, and two orchard orioles.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2019
Race Point sightings included a little gull and a royal tern, as well as 3 American oystercatchers, 14 piping plovers, 2 parasitic jaegers, 425 least terns, 3 black terns, 26 roseate terns, and 7 Manx shearwaters.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2019
Sightings from Race Point in Provincetown included a mix of lingering winter birds like Pacific loon, Iceland gulls, and snowy owl, along with new spring arrivals like parasitic jaegers, common terns, a roseate tern, and sooty shearwaters.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2018
Also spotted on the island were six common loons, two American golden-plovers, two roseate terns, and a seaside sparrow.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2018
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