Definition of ROSEATE TERN

Examples of roseate tern in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a royal tern, 5 parasitic jaegers, 1,100 laughing gulls, 2 least terns, 175 roseate terns, 2,800 common terns, 4 species of shearwater, and 2 common ravens. — BostonGlobe.com, "Recent bird sightings on Cape Cod (as of Sept. 17) as reported to the Massachusetts Audubon Society.," 24 Sep. 2019 At Gooseberry Neck, there were 84 black scoters, three ruddy turnstones, three roseate terns, a great shearwater, a Northern gannet, two cliff swallows, and two orchard orioles. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings across the region," 30 June 2019 Race Point sightings included a little gull and a royal tern, as well as 3 American oystercatchers, 14 piping plovers, 2 parasitic jaegers, 425 least terns, 3 black terns, 26 roseate terns, and 7 Manx shearwaters. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings on Cape Cod," 24 June 2019 Sightings from Race Point in Provincetown included a mix of lingering winter birds like Pacific loon, Iceland gulls, and snowy owl, along with new spring arrivals like parasitic jaegers, common terns, a roseate tern, and sooty shearwaters. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings on Cape Cod," 7 May 2018 Also spotted on the island were six common loons, two American golden-plovers, two roseate terns, and a seaside sparrow. — BostonGlobe.com, "bird sightings," 30 June 2018

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