Love Birds

In honor of Valentine's Day, I thought I'd present these two love birds. Black Noddy Terns, they were photographed building their nest on Heron Island, Australia in November 2007. The island, a coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef, is a major nesting site for these delicate black terns, with upwards of 100,000 birds nesting on the island every Australian spring along with reef herons and wedge-tailed shearwaters. The island - which is home to an eco-resort as well as the University of Queensland's Heron Island Research Station - is also an important nesting site for green and loggerhead turtles and a diversity of other sea life.

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