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A Caspian Tern at Spring Valley Reservoir near Troy, Idaho. Extremely rare to see in this part of the country.
Caspian is totally different from his older brother with his brown eyes and brown hair. He looks like his dad.
There were a pair of Caspian Terns at the beach at Mississinewa Lake in Indiana today. They were keeping company with a flock of seagulls.
Pillar Point Beach, aka Mavericks Beach, 4 miles north of Half Moon Bay, California. || Photo info: Taken 2019-06-22 with Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III, ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ sec at f/8.0, focal length 560 mm, ISO 400. Copyright 2019 Stephen Shankland.
Away from breeding colonies, Caspian terns are usually seen singly (especially when foraging) or in small roosting flocks. Their usual hunting method is to fly up to 15 m above the surface of the water, then diving steeply on to prey, often becoming completely submerged in the process.
Caspian
@ El Rey Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
March 29, 2017
All Photos © Kaley Nelson Photography - www.KaleyNelson.com
Taken at the Manawatu Estuary, Foxton Beach
Family: Stercorariidae
Common name: Caspian Tern
Maori name: Taranui
Scientific name: Hydoprogne caspia
This is the first shot in sequence of a Caspian Tern capturing his dinner. These shots were taken at Tuttle Marsh in Michigan.
We were camping at Harrisville State Park and decided to go to Tawas for the day to see the lighthouse. This was an unplanned stop and as a result we had no bug repellant with us. I paid with two badly bitten and swollen hands, but came away with this sequence.
The sequence of pictures can be found in the Caspian Tern Album in my Photo stream.
Shot with a Canon 6D, 300mm lens