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The Return of Least Terns to the Gulf Coast

10,000 Birds

Taking my usual route along Okaloosa Island’s Beasley Park, I noted Laughing Gulls , Brown Pelicans , a Snowy Plover or two, and the usual packs of Sanderlings. If they are on a leash our pets are less likely to damage a nest. For me, that moment came last week. There is no mistaking a Least Tern: they were back!