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"I was just leaving, anyway!"
Caspian terns vying for space as the incoming tide wets their feet.
Carnarvon, WA.
Amazing eyesight, and then when lunch is spotted, it is full speed vertical dive. And usually faster than the lens can react. (You see, it is better to blame the camera than the camera operator.)
Our first of year Caspian Tern sharing space with Black-necked Stilt.
Swallows Park, Clarkston, Asotin County, Washington, USA
Seen in this image is the silhouette of a Caspian Tern in flight against the crimson dawn sky with an early morning catch of a Piper Fish in its beak, NZ…
Seen in this image is the silhouette of a Caspian Tern in flight against the crimson dawn sky with an early morning catch of a Piper Fish in its beak, NZ…
I really thought it was going to be a bust at the lake today cause of the lousy weather. But we saw 3 or 4 Ospreys, a juvenile Bald Eagle (maybe two), about 3 Caspian Terns, and a bunch of Belted Kingfishers. The Kingfishers are heavily cropped, I was disappointed a little cause I was experimenting with slower shutter speeds today (don't ask) thinking I wouldn't see much, but I had a lot of shots ruined because of slow shutter speed and bad exposures. Oh well, it's always nice to experiment a little...
July 9, 2022 - Caspian Tern fishing at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo Shoot with Leticia Hernandez, Esther Mukai, and Ayla.
July 9, 2022 - Caspian Tern fishing at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo Shoot with Leticia Hernandez, Esther Mukai, and Ayla.
Bird Island, Seychelles
We understand that this is the first time a Caspian Plover has been recorded on Bird, so we were particularly pleased to see it. This isn't a brilliant shot of it, but it was hard enough to pick it out from the many Grey Plovers, let alone get close to it! This is a heavy crop.
The beak looks like some online photos of Caspian Terns (red, then black then small yellow tip. The bluish wings throw me though. Perhaps the wings look blue because the bird is backlit. Maybe they look more grayish in direct light. Taken at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Southeast Texas.
While taking photos of shorebirds out on the beach, I also noticed a small group of Caspian Terns. Seemed to be young ones waiting for something. One adult Tern showed up with a small fish and paraded it back and forth among the group, then singled out one and led it away from the rest and fed the fish to him. I didn't actually see the transfer as the bird's back was to me, but next thing I knew the youngster had the fish.