Terns Take Turns

Caspian Tern

For the past few weeks, people have reported seeing terns on Discovery Island, a little sandbar island in the Missouri River in Pierre. However, every time I have stopped for a look, there were no terns there. I was in a hurry yesterday afternoon, but because it was raining, I decided to stop for a look. THERE THEY WERE! I found a Caspian Tern and two Forster's Terns, my first terns of the year. Sometimes I think rain is the key to a good birding day. It may be just before rain, just after rain, or right in the middle of rain... but rain usually brings me success.



Forster's Terns