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Roseate Tern
While at Indian Key, on April 28, 1832, Audubon and his party shot 38 Roseate
Terns. This tern was painted later that day.
"Beautiful, indeed are Terns of every kind, but the roseate excels the
rest, if not in form, yet in the lovely hue of its breast. I had never
seen a bird of this species before, and as the unscathed hundreds arose
and danced as it were in the air, I thought them the Humming Birds of
the sea, so light and graceful were their movements."
Reproductions
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