Elegant terns on a piece of elkhorn kelp, Pelagophycus porra, #07509

Elegant terns on a piece of elkhorn kelp. Drifting patches or pieces of kelp provide valuable rest places for birds, especially those that are unable to land and take off from the ocean surface. Open ocean near San Diego. California, USA, Pelagophycus porra, Sterna elegans, natural history stock photograph, photo id 07509
Elegant terns on a piece of elkhorn kelp. Drifting patches or pieces of kelp provide valuable rest places for birds, especially those that are unable to land and take off from the ocean surface. Open ocean near San Diego. California, USA

Species: Elegant tern, Pelagophycus porra, Sterna elegans
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07509
Format: Digital 3:2
Keywords: animal, animalia, aves, bird, california, charadriiformes, chordata, elegans, elegant tern, laridae, pelagophycus porra, san diego, sterna, sterna elegans, tern, usa, vertebrata, vertebrate
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