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Sooty Tern birds at Ascension Island

1945-09-20

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. 20 September 1945.

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