Gulls & Terns Photo Gallery
Gulls and terns photographed along the Texas coast and inland lakes, from common residents to rare storm-blown visitors. Click any species below to open its page with more photos, the locations they were taken, and notes on habitat, season, and identification.
Black Skimmer
Black Tern
Black-headed Gull
Bridled Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Glaucous Gull
Kelp Gull
Laughing Gull
Least Tern
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Sooty Tern
Thayer's Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
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