This last is the beautiful roseate tern, Sterna dougalli; the other is the black tern, Hydrochelidon nigra, belonging to a genus in which the toes are only halfwebbed, of small size and dark leaden-grey plumage.

There are various interesting varieties; Rendatleri, a roseate form, is very free.

Roseate Terns Sterna dougallii have returned to the site after an absence of six years with 2 breeding pairs recorded for 1997.

The heron rookery at nearby Smith Oaks offers intimate looks at nesting Roseate Spoonbill, Tricolored Heron and Snowy and Great Egrets.

roseate spoonbills, White Ibis, Great, Little Blue and Snowy Egrets, also.

roseate tern.

In the Chaco area, the roseate spoonbill is common in the area's large marshes and riverways.

There were several stunning Roseate spoonbills, White Ibis, Great, Little Blue and Snowy Egrets, also.

Four species of terns on one of the Ternery Pool islands, including two black terns and a roseate tern.

herodias), scarlet ibises (Ibis rubra), roseate spoonbills (Platalea ajaja); on higher ground the beautiful peacock heron (A.

Ross's or the roseate gull, Rhodostethia rosea, forms a well-marked genus, distinguished not so much by the pink tint of its plumage (for that is found in other species) but by its small dove-like bill and wedge-shaped tail.

This last is the beautiful roseate tern, Sterna dougalli; the other is the black tern, Hydrochelidon nigra, belonging to a genus in which the toes are only halfwebbed, of small size and dark leaden-grey plumage.

Among these are the large white crane and small crane, the blue heron, the snowy-white egret, the roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), stork, bittern and many species of ducks.

The heron rookery at nearby Smith Oaks offers intimate looks at nesting Roseate Spoonbill, Tricolored Heron and Snowy and Great Egrets.

There were several stunning Roseate Spoonbills, White Ibis, Great, Little Blue and Snowy Egrets, also.

Four species of terns on one of the Ternery Pool islands, including two black terns and a roseate tern.

In the Chaco area, the roseate spoonbill is common in the area 's large marshes and riverways.

Ross's or the roseate gull, Rhodostethia rosea, forms a well-marked genus, distinguished not so much by the pink tint of its plumage (for that is found in other species) but by its small dove-like bill and wedge-shaped tail.

Among these are the large white crane and small crane, the blue heron, the snowy-white egret, the roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), stork, bittern and many species of ducks.