A dead Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) is washed up along the sandy Florida coast after being caught in hurricane-force winds that passed over the Gulf of Mexico. The seabird is the smallest of all North American terns.


A dead Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) is washed up along the sandy Florida coast after being caught in hurricane-force winds that passed over the Gulf of Mexico. The seabird is the smallest of all North American terns.


Size: 2373px × 3644px
Location: Casey Key, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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