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  • It's called the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership, and we work to protect Interior Least Terns and Piping Plover along the lower Platte River.

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  • On March 29th 2001 during a storm in the Baltic Sea the cargo vessel "Tern" collided with the oil tanker "Baltic Carrier", at the boundary between the

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • On March 29th 2001 during a storm in the Baltic Sea the cargo vessel "Tern" collided with the oil tanker "Baltic Carrier", at the boundary between the German and Danish territorial waters approximately 16 nautical miles southeast of the Danish islands Falster an Mon (collision location: 54o43 N/12 o35E).

    WN.com - Articles related to Obama criticizes BP's CEO 2010

  • On March 29th 2001 during a storm in the Baltic Sea the cargo vessel "Tern" collided with the oil tanker "Baltic Carrier", at the boundary between the

    WN.com - Articles related to Obama criticizes BP's CEO 2010

  • On March 29th 2001 during a storm in the Baltic Sea the cargo vessel "Tern" collided with the oil tanker "Baltic Carrier", at the boundary between the German and Danish territorial waters approximately 16 nautical miles southeast of the Danish islands Falster an Mon (collision location: 54o43 N/12 o35E).

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • I'd like to think that every bird on the ocean has a shot at living its full life-span, like that 25-year-old Common Tern I met as a chick in its nest in the beach-sand so many summers ago.

    Carl Safina: Seabirds: The Other Seafood Lovers Carl Safina 2012

  • I only know that when I think about it now, I see that moment at the edge of Tern Woods like the opening of the tinderbox.

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • He finally settled on the ditch near Tern Woods because he was getting tired and wanted to stop at the Savers Club to get a coffee before starting the day.

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • But when Doug follows the girl into the town library and sees Audubon's painting of the Arctic Tern, something momentous happens inside him.

    The Pains and Boons Of Teenagehood Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

  • I opened it and became informed that a Common Tern I'd banded 25 years ago as a chick was breeding this past summer, on an island about 80 miles northeast of where it hatched.

    Carl Safina: Seabirds: The Other Seafood Lovers Carl Safina 2012

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