Swift Terns (Sterna bergii) having a bath in the fresh water lagoon at the mouth of the Groot River . Their feathers are fluffed up and they appear to have crew cuts. De Vasselot Nature Reserve, Nature's valley. Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa. 23 November 2006.

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Swift Terns (Sterna bergii) having a bath in the fresh water lagoon at the mouth of the Groot River . Their feathers are fluffed up and they appear to have crew cuts. De Vasselot Nature Reserve, Nature's valley. Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa. 23 November 2006.

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