white terns the only bird ever in maldives atoll Addu
The people of Addu are found of this little and never disturb it when it is nesting. The terns commonly nest in gardens where they lay their single egg on the branch of a breadfruit tree and rear the chick without any nest what so ever. Very often children will play with the chicks but the parent birds are not upset and even fly down to the hand to feed the young ster.