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Lovely Little Caspian Tern Returns to Oregon Coast
Published 04/27/21 at 8:35 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Seaside, Oregon) – The medium-sized bird that makes a big, colorful impression has returned to the Oregon coast. Seaside Aquarium’s Tiffany Boothe exclaimed with glee Monday: “We saw our first Caspian tern today!”
(Photos courtesy Seaside Aquarium / Tiffany Boothe)
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It’s migration time for the white and black cuties, who generally reside a ways east of the beaches. The Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) is fairly common on the shores of the Pacific Northwest but it’s still under some state and federal protections in terms of conservation planning.
Grant s Getaways: Remembering Oregon photographer Steve Terrill
Terrill s work has been featured in books and hundreds of magazines, including the likes of Audubon, Sierra Club and National Geographic. Author: Grant McComie Updated: 5:39 PM MST January 19, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore Steve Terrill’s love affair with Oregon was deep and lifelong. It was often on full display whenever he visited the top of Rowena Crest in the Columbia River Gorge.
Not long ago, he strolled a section of trail that stretched toward the glorious Columbia River. He stopped every few yards to admire the incredible riot of color that had broken out.
“It’s an explosion of color out here, isn’t it,” exclaimed an excited Terrill during a morning-long photographic field trip to the Tom McCall Preserve at Rowena. “All the flowers are out and blooming. It’s like a rebirth of the world again … so beautiful out here.”