Tern Chick, Sri Lanka

Photograph by Lalith Ekanayake

The progeny, a solitary chick amidst the adult great crested terns, taken from a prone position with a wide-angle lens at a breeding site on a Sri Lankan island in northwestern seas.

(This photo and caption were submitted to the 2012 National Geographic Photo Contest .)

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