terns eat mainly small fish and small marine life
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_Terns_eat
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Seabirds question: Are terns herbivores? Their main source of food is fish. They are carnivores. There are some species of shorebirds that do eat seeds and grasses though. See the related link for more ... Do terns eat insects? Where are terns spotted? What do actic terns eat? What do arctic terns eat?
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wiki.answers.com/Q/Are_terns_herbivores
wiki.answers.com/Q/Are_terns_herbivores
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Arctic terns hardly ever land. So they eat while flying most of the time. When terns eat insects they catch them "on the wing". This means they catch them while flying.
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library.thinkquest.org/3500/arctic_tern.html
library.thinkquest.org/3500/arctic_tern.html
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Terns hunt by hovering over the water to find their prey, then diving headfirst into the water to catch it. This habit has led to the nickname "face smashers." Caspian, royal, common and Forster's terns feed on fish and invertebra...
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/bfg_terns.aspx?menuitem=14...
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39:199, 1945) also recorded Gull-billed Terns eating lizards (Lacerta vivipara and L. agilis). Such a feeding habit of the Gray-backed Tern is apparently unusual because no mention of it is made in the extensive files of the Smithsonian Institution's Pacific Ocean Bio- logical Survey Program.
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elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v088n02/p0354-p0354.html
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Ornithologists have determined that during the breeding season Black Terns eat mainly insects: dragonflies (Odonata), moths (Lepidoptera), grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera), beetles (Coleoptera), spiders (Araneida), water scorpions (Hemiptera), mayflies (Orthoptera) and caddisflies (Trichoptera) and smaller amounts...
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www.on.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/factsheets/fs_terns-e.html
www.on.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/factsheets/fs_terns-e.html
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They wouldn’t have had electronic toys to pass the time, no television, no iPods or much to eat. They wouldn’t have a nice house to keep them warm at night; only a fire to keep them warm.
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www.tfsternsrantings.blogspot.com/
www.tfsternsrantings.blogspot.com/
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Terns are slim and graceful waterbirds, quite similar to gulls. In fact, both gulls and terns belong to the same family, Laridae, although terns have their own subfamily, Sterninae. ... Terns also eat insects and small invertebrates.
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www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/bird/terns.php
www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/bird/terns.php
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Common terns are white with a black cap, and pale gray back and wings. Their bill is red orange with a black tip. The tail is deeply forked and dark along the outer ... Terns eat small fish such as shiners, chubs, and other minnows. They will also eat crustaceans and occasionally, insects such as dragonfly nymphs.
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www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-329...
www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-32993--,00.html
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