Arctic Terns On Small Wooden Boat, In Monochrome Royalty-Free Stock Photography

The arctic tern is one of the most aggressive terns, fiercely defensive of its nest and young. It will attack humans and large predators, usually striking the top or back of the head. Although it is too small to cause serious injury to an animal of a human`s size, it is still capable of drawing blood, and is capable of repelling many raptorial birds, polar bears and smaller mammalian predators such as foxes and cats. These two were sitting on a wooden boat in Hampton River, New Hampshire