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These are all at Merritt Island, I can never tell them apart
 

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I believe Royal Tern is the only yellow-billed tern to haunt ''dem der parts'' (Florida).

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The flock in the last picture are Royal, but Royal doesn't have a bicolored bill. I think the first 4 are Forster's.
 
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