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Sooty Tern birds at Ascension Island

1944-06-08

Nesting grounds for Wideawake, or Sooty Tern, birds which make Ascension Island their home. Hundreds of thousands of them persisted in nesting at the end of the runway of 'Wideawake Field,' constituting a hazard to aircraft operations. 8 June 1944.

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