In the early 1970s, only about 1,000 pairs of California least terns remained along the Pacific Coast, from the southern tip of Baja California to the Bay Area. Mostly, they were victims of ...

It’s been a tough year for elegant terns in Southern California. A drone crash in June forced an estimated 3,000 of the sleek seabirds with their pointed orange bills to abandon their eggs at ...

Thousands of eggs abandoned after drone scares off terns on Southern California nesting island. by Joseph Guzman | June 4, 2021 | Jun. 04, 2021 ...

On a nesting island at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Southern California, thousands of elegant tern eggs dot the sands, abandoned. Now it appears the eggs will never hatch. After a drone ...

Elegant terns, which migrate to southern California in April from Central and South America, are not listed as an endangered species, but the seabird's known nesting sites are limited.

Wildlife officials say an illegal drone crashed last month on a protected nesting ground in Southern California. The crash spooked thousands of elegant terns, and they abandoned their nests.

The California least tern, a light-brown shorebird that nests along the state's coastline, is one of the smallest tern species in the world, growing to just nine inches in length at adulthood. It ...

A flock of elegant terns teach their fledglings how to fly and forage on West Ski Island on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 in San Diego, California. There were 8,000 nesting pairs of the migratory bird ...

It's been a tough year for elegant terns in Southern California. A drone crash in June forced an estimated 3,000 of the sleek seabirds with their pointed orange bills to abandon their eggs on ...