{"id":14860,"date":"2021-08-25T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/?p=14860"},"modified":"2021-08-25T21:56:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T01:56:43","slug":"edwin-b-forsythe-brigantine-nwr-august-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/edwin-b-forsythe-brigantine-nwr-august-17-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwin B. Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR, August 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14860\" class=\"elementor elementor-14860\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d8a955a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d8a955a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2197f149\" data-id=\"2197f149\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdffcfc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cdffcfc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-480862c\" data-id=\"480862c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d93c4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d93c4f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c257e5a\" data-id=\"c257e5a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e4e280 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e4e280\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200181-2.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Roseate Spoonbill (R. Koch)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQ4ODQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tbHJhLm9yZ1wvTUxCaXJkZXJzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8wOFwvNzIwMDE4MS0yLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200181-2-1024x818.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14884\" alt=\"Roseate Spoonbill (R. Koch)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200181-2-1024x818.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200181-2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200181-2-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200181-2.jpg 1046w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Roseate Spoonbill (R. Koch)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7f0354\" data-id=\"c7f0354\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f07856c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f07856c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_5017crop-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Roseate Spoonbill (L. Larson))\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQ4ODIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tbHJhLm9yZ1wvTUxCaXJkZXJzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8wOFwvNzc3XzUwMTdjcm9wLTEuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_5017crop-1-1024x771.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14882\" alt=\"Roseate Spoonbill (L. Larson))\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_5017crop-1-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_5017crop-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_5017crop-1-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_5017crop-1.jpg 1441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Roseate Spoonbill (L. Larson))<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a935fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a935fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7929177\" data-id=\"7929177\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab84003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab84003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Partly Cloudy, humid, light wind NE<br \/>8 Am &#8211; 2 PM<\/p><p>Target birds for the trip were Roseate Spoonbill and Black-bellied Whistling Duck. The Spoonbill, a young bird, was cooperative, though it was a bit shy, roosting in the back of a cedar tree. The duck was not to be found.<\/p><p>We also studied many terns, herons and egrets, and shorebirds. This is a good time of year to see first-year birds, some still begging from parents. A few Purple Martins were still present, but Tree Swallow migration was well underway. There were few land birds to be seen, but many green-headed flies.<\/p><p>Participants: Robert Koch, Holly Hoffman, Miriam Swartz, Jean and Chris Tindall, Mary Walter, Laurie Larson.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2c9e42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2c9e42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bird List:<\/p><p>Canada Goose<br \/>Mute Swan<br \/>Wood Duck<br \/>Blue-winged Teal<br \/>Mallard<br \/>American Black Duck<br \/>Wild Turkey <br \/>Rock Pigeon<br \/>Mourning Dove <br \/>Clapper Rail<br \/>Semipalmated Plover<br \/>Whimbrel<br \/>Least Sandpiper<br \/>Semipalmated Sandpiper<br \/>Short-billed Dowitcher<br \/>Lesser Yellowlegs<br \/>Willet<br \/>Greater Yellowlegs<br \/>Laughing Gull<br \/>Herring Gull<br \/>Great Black-backed Gull<br \/>Least Tern<br \/>Gull-billed Tern<br \/>Caspian Tern<br \/>Forster&#8217;s Tern<br \/>Black Skimmer <br \/>Double-crested Cormorant<br \/>Roseate Spoonbill<br \/>Great Blue Heron<br \/>Great Egret<br \/>Snowy Egret<br \/>Black-crowned Night- Heron<br \/>Yellow-crowned Night-Heron <br \/>Glossy Ibis<br \/>Turkey Vulture <br \/>Osprey <br \/>Bald Eagle<br \/>Eastern Phoebe<br \/>Fish Crow<br \/>Tree Swallow<br \/>Purple Martin<br \/>Barn Swallow<br \/>American Robin<br \/>Gray Catbird<br \/>Northern Mockingbird <br \/>European Starling <br \/>House Finch<br \/>American Goldfinch <br \/>Chipping Sparrow<br \/>Seaside Sparrow<br \/>Song Sparrow<br \/>Bobolink<br \/>Red-winged Blackbird<br \/>Yellow Warbler<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-221667b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"221667b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e6b89a\" data-id=\"6e6b89a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1547d58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1547d58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4951ATernCrop.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Forster&#039;s Tern ad (L. Larson)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQ4NzksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tbHJhLm9yZ1wvTUxCaXJkZXJzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8wOFwvNzc3XzQ5NTFBVGVybkNyb3AuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4951ATernCrop-1024x834.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14879\" alt=\"Forster&#039;s Tern ad (L. Larson)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4951ATernCrop-1024x834.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4951ATernCrop-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4951ATernCrop-768x626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4951ATernCrop-1536x1251.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4951ATernCrop-2048x1669.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Forster's Tern ad (L. Larson)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e5c126\" data-id=\"6e5c126\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9abec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9abec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4965FternCropped.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Forster&#039;s Tern juv (L. Larson)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQ4ODAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tbHJhLm9yZ1wvTUxCaXJkZXJzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8wOFwvNzc3XzQ5NjVGdGVybkNyb3BwZWQuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4965FternCropped-954x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14880\" alt=\"Forster&#039;s Tern juv (L. Larson)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4965FternCropped-954x1024.jpg 954w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4965FternCropped-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4965FternCropped-768x824.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4965FternCropped-1431x1536.jpg 1431w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/777_4965FternCropped.jpg 1802w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Forster's Tern juv (L. Larson)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c1cf5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c1cf5f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-55201e6\" data-id=\"55201e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0ddc28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0ddc28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200138-2.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Red Saddlebags dragonfly (R. Koch)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQ4ODcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tbHJhLm9yZ1wvTUxCaXJkZXJzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8wOFwvNzIwMDEzOC0yLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200138-2-1024x818.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14887\" alt=\"Red Saddlebags dragonfly (R. Koch)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200138-2-1024x818.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200138-2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200138-2-768x613.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200138-2.jpg 1321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Red Saddlebags dragonfly (R. Koch)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4961aa7\" data-id=\"4961aa7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-673fe89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"673fe89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200149-2.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Forster&#039;s Terns, juv, ad w. (R. Koch)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQ4ODUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tbHJhLm9yZ1wvTUxCaXJkZXJzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8wOFwvNzIwMDE0OS0yLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200149-2-1024x818.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14885\" alt=\"Forster&#039;s Terns, juv, ad w. (R. Koch)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200149-2-1024x818.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200149-2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200149-2-768x613.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/7200149-2.jpg 1331w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Forster's Terns, juv, ad w. (R. 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