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This Interior Least Tern hatchling is no more than three days old. Because it was was hatched so late in the season, its odds of survival are greatly reduced. It should be ready for the flight to South America by late-September if its mother doesn't abandon it.

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Photo by: Brannen Parrish |  VIRIN: 140813-A-PO406-003.JPG