Svalbard Arctic terns in love

6 June 2013. After yesterday, today just east of Longyearbyen village centre on Spitsbergen. Like yesterday, Arctic terns there at the lagoon.

The buildings of the eastern suburb of Longyearbyen reflect in the lagoon water.

The Arctic terns, recently back from their long journey from the Antarctic, don’t have nests yet.

But they already have courtship flights.

We continue, to Adventdalen valley in the east. As we pass the eider duck colony, an Arctic skua lands.

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