Bird Identification: CLOSED: Seabirds, 2 by rntx22

rntx22 wrote:
Hi, I've just come back from an exciting day birding on Bolivar & High Island on the Texas Gulf Coast. It's an area famous for vast numbers of spring migratory birds. I always have to bring a camera so I can get help with ID's later, especially with seabirds!


In photo 1, this brown seabird needs a name.

In photo 2, this group of terns all look like the same type except the slightly larger one w/ the brighter orange beak (and he lacks the black beak tip the others have)

In photo 3, another tern, not sure if the same as one of the ones in photo 2.

Thanks! Stay tuned, will have many more for you later as I continue editing the batch.....