Image: Sterna hirundo -hovering to protect nest-8

Description: An enraged hovering parent Common Turn that is attempting to repel human intruders near its nest by flapping and screaming loudly. Photographed at Great Gull Island, New York, a small island in the Long Island Sound, USA.
Title: Sterna hirundo -hovering to protect nest-8
Credit: originally posted to Flickr as Enraged Hover (Common Tern)
Author: Michelle Kinsey Bruns
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