Staff and volunteers from Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey joined representatives from N.J. Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife and The Wetlands Institute, based in Stone Harbor, to band the state’s royal terns this summer, for the third consecutive year.

This sleek, graceful seabird, identified by its shaggy black crest atop white plumage and a bright orange bill, is highly social, and often nests in dense colonies on sandy beaches and isolated islands – including Horseshoe…