Falkner Island
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Falkner Island is a 2.87-acre crescent-shaped island located in Long Island Sound 3 miles off Guilford, Connecticut, United States. The island has been visited by the Native Americans for thousands of
Aerial view after Hurricane Sandy
Roseate tern
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The roseate tern is a species of tern in the family Laridae. The genus name Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn", "tern", and the specific dougallii refers to Scottish physician and collector D
Falkner Island
…the nearby Intracoastal Waterway. The island is part of the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge and has the fifth-largest colony of nesting roseate terns in the northeastern United States. Much of the island's land mass has been lost to erosion, down to about 2.87 acres (11,600 m2) from its original 4.5…
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Juvenile S. d. dougallii showing its scaly mantle. Northumberland, UK.
S. d. bangsi often has an all-red bill. Indonesia.
S. d. gracilis, Capricornia Cays National Park, Queensland, Australia