Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
I've been lucky enough to participate in a conservation project spending two days on Penguin Island, just of the coast of Rockingham south of Perth. The main aim of the project is to photograph crested terns with their catch, to determine the composition of local sealife being used as food by the terns and the little penguins that inhabit the island. The penguin colony has been diminishing over the past few years so hopefully the results of this research will prove useful in their conservation.
On this occasion the tern has caught a prawn, a bit different to their usual fish species.
(336 of 365 in 2022)
Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
I've been lucky enough to participate in a conservation project spending two days on Penguin Island, just of the coast of Rockingham south of Perth. The main aim of the project is to photograph crested terns with their catch, to determine the composition of local sealife being used as food by the terns and the little penguins that inhabit the island. The penguin colony has been diminishing over the past few years so hopefully the results of this research will prove useful in their conservation.
On this occasion the tern has caught a prawn, a bit different to their usual fish species.
(336 of 365 in 2022)