Family: Laridae
Nearly eye level with a flying Caspian Tern
Mia McPhersonTitle: Nearly eye level with a flying Caspian Tern
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2023
Spring Caspian Tern in flight
Mia McPhersonTitle: Spring Caspian Tern in flight
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2023
Caspian Tern flying over an urban pond
Mia McPhersonTitle: Caspian Tern flying over an urban pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2023
Caspian Tern at the start of a dive
Mia McPhersonTitle: Caspian Tern at the start of a dive
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2023
Caspian Tern chasing an Osprey
Mia McPhersonTitle: Caspian Tern chasing an Osprey
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2023
Double-crested Cormorant and Forster’s Terns
Mia McPhersonTitle: Double-crested Cormorant and Forster’s Terns
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2021
Immature Forster’s Tern after dropping its tadpole prey
Mia McPhersonTitle: Immature Forster’s Tern after dropping its tadpole prey
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/19/2019
Immature Forster’s Tern with a small fish
Mia McPhersonTitle: Immature Forster’s Tern with a small fish
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/19/2019
Young Forster’s Tern searching for prey
Mia McPhersonTitle: Young Forster’s Tern searching for prey
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/19/2019
Immature Forster’s Tern flying over a pond
Mia McPhersonTitle: Immature Forster’s Tern flying over a pond
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/19/2019
Immature Forster’s Tern hunting for prey
Mia McPhersonTitle: Immature Forster’s Tern hunting for prey
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/19/2019
Forster’s Tern hovering over the marsh at Bear River MBR
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern hovering over the marsh at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2019
Forster’s Tern feeding its young who is perched on a dead coot
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern feeding its young who is perched on a dead coot
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/3/2017
Caspian Tern Band K101 in flight over Bear River MBR with insert
Mia McPhersonTitle: Caspian Tern Band K101 in flight over Bear River MBR with insert
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/5/2017
Juvenile Forster’s Tern in flight
Mia McPhersonTitle: Juvenile Forster’s Tern in flight
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/27/2017
Forster’s Tern lifting off from water with prey
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern lifting off from water with prey
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/24/2017
Forster’s Tern after successful dive for prey
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern after successful dive for prey
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/24/2017
Nonbreeding adult Forster’s Tern in flight with prey
Mia McPhersonTitle: Nonbreeding adult Forster’s Tern in flight with prey
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/24/2017
Forster’s Tern in breeding plumage resting on a log
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern in breeding plumage resting on a log
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/23/2017
Forster’s Tern on a log
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern on a log
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/23/2017
Hovering, hunting Forster’s Tern in breeding plumage
Mia McPhersonTitle: Hovering, hunting Forster’s Tern in breeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2015
Forster’s Tern hovering over prey
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern hovering over prey
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2015
Hovering Forster’s Tern
Mia McPhersonTitle: Hovering Forster’s Tern
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/3/2014
Forster’s Tern in breeding plumage in flight over Bear River NWR
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern in breeding plumage in flight over Bear River NWR
Location: Bear River National Wildlife Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/23/2013
Forster’s Tern in a Canada Goose nest
Mia McPhersonTitle: A Forster’s Tern in a Canada Goose nest
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/8/2012
Forster’s Tern in a dive over a Bear River wetland
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern in a dive over a Bear River wetland
Location: Bear River National Wildlife Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/9/2012
Caspian Tern in flight at Fish Springs NWR
Mia McPhersonTitle: Caspian Tern in flight at Fish Springs NWR
Location: Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Juab County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2011
Forster’s Tern hovering over a marsh
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern hovering over a marsh
Location: Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Juab County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2011