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July 02, 2020 12:00 am
• Last Updated: July 02, 2020 4:57 pm
A common tern emerges with a meal Thursday, July 2, 2020, after a dive into the waters just off Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Waterford — Terns were hunting for food Thursday, occasionally joined by other shorebirds, in the waters just off Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford.
Great Gull Island, about 6 miles distant, is home to one of the largest colonies of common and roseate terns in North America.
An American oystercatcher, bottom, flies by a common tern Thursday, July 2, 2020, just off Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
A pair of common terns battle over one's meal Thursday, July 2, 2020, just off Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
A common tern dives for food Thursday, July 2, 2020, in the waters just off Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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