Title

Arctic terns

Caption

Arctic terns (Sterna paradisea) Arctic Tern, Animals, Birds, Arctic Tern adult, in flight, attacking Eurasian black-capped avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) adult, near nestsite, T

Date

May 28, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Paul Hobson

Reference

BRK22F53_415

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57,1Mb (19,0Mb) / 17,7in x 12,5in / 5315 x 3758 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 Arctic tern Arctic terns Aves Benelux Benelux countries Bird Birds Black-capped avocet Black-capped avocets Central Europe Charadriiformes Eurasian avocet Europe Holland Island of Texel Middle Europe No People Pied avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Recurvirostridae Sterna paradisaea Sternidae Tern Terns Texel Texel Island West Frisian Islands adult adult animal adult animals aggression aggressions aggressive animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals aquatic bird attack position attacking avocet avocets battle battles behavior behaviour belligerent bird's nest bird-nest birds' nests breeding area breeding ground breeding grounds breeding season breeding site breeding time danger dangerous dangers defend defending deserted dutch empty fight fighting flight flights fly flying in flight in the air mature matures mid air mid-adult woman mid-adult women move movement movements moving nest nesting nesting site nesting sites nests no one nobody out outdoor outdoors outside seabird seabirds travel photography two uninhabited water bird water birds waterfowl Netherlands Noord-Holland North Holland Province of North Holland The Netherlands attack attacks breeding breedings posture postures shorebird wader wading bird wading birds