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Tern, with young one

Tern, with young one.jpg A Gray Parrot on His Perch. Waiting to Speak His PieceMiniaturesOstrichA Gray Parrot on His Perch. Waiting to Speak His PieceMiniaturesOstrichA Gray Parrot on His Perch. Waiting to Speak His PieceMiniaturesOstrichA Gray Parrot on His Perch. Waiting to Speak His PieceMiniaturesOstrich

When young birds live in the open, as on shingly beaches, then their down is mottled. How perfectly this harmonises with the surrounding stones only those who have tried to find young terns, or young ringed plover, for example, can tell.