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Familia: Laridae.
Nombre CientÃfico: Thalasseus maximus.
Nombre Inglés: Royal Tern.
Nombre Común: Charrán Real.
Lugar: Salinas, Bani, Peravia.
PaÃs: Rep. Dominicana.
Spent an Enjoyable Morning in 2017 with a pair of Royal Terns… Life is Good.
Royal tern usually feed on small fish such as anchovies, weakfish, and croakers. Fish are their main source of food but they also eat insects, shrimp, and crabs.
When feeding on small crabs the royal tern does not use its normal plunge-dive technique, but instead uses short shallow dives so that they are concealed from their prey. The royal tern also uses this technique when hunting flying fish.
The royal tern nests on island beaches or isolated beaches with limited predators. It lays one or two eggs, usually in a scrape, an area on the ground where a tern has made a small hole to lay its eggs.
In some cases, tern eggs are laid directly on the ground, not in a scrape. The eggs incubate from 25 to 30 days; after the eggs hatch the chicks remain in the scrape for about a week. About two weeks after hatching the chicks
(Nikon D500, 300/2.8 + TC, 1/1000 @ f/8.0, ISO 200)
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This Royal Tern found the highest point on a fishing pier at Lighthouse Beach, Sanibel Island.
He surveys his "realm" from the high perch, with his black "crown" (crest) partially raised.
The fun of bird photography, catching that oh so fast display that no one sees until your camera stops the action.
A Royal Tern banks and turns to avoid other terns as it brings a fish to its fledgling.
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... like he just don't care as this Royal Tern starts to land.
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A bunch of Royal Terns (Königseeschwalbe) on the beach on Anna Maria Island. I always think they look quite funny...
Une Sterne Royale au lever du soleil sur Miami Beach.... Comme elles sont loins ces vacances... Tout s’est quasiment arrêté: les consultations, la chirurgie, les réunions... la guerre se déroule sur des fronts où mes compétences ne sont pas essentielles... J’ai bien proposé de donner un coup de main aux urgences ophtalmologiques mais l’hôpital est en nombre et en ordre de bataille m’a t’on dit... alors je me confine à la maison.... C’est une période étrange et ralentie...
Souvent on me demande ce que je pense de la polémique sur le Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine)...
Je suis rétinologue médico-chirurgical, je n’ai aucune compétence en maladies infectieuses...
Toutefois, je suis un peu sidéré par la situation actuelle...
On a d’un côté un traitement peu coûteux, ancien, dont on connaît parfaitement les effets secondaires possibles (et ici j’ouvre une parenthèse pour affirmer, ce qui relève de mon expertise, que le risque pour la macula aux doses et sur la durée prescrites est inexistant), disponible en quantité dont les chinois nous disent qu’il est efficace... De l’autre des politiques qui demandent de revérifier ces résultats une première fois (ce qui déjà me semble un peu fort, les chinois ne sont-ils pas humains comme moi? Si ça marche sur eux pourquoi ça marcherait pas sur nous?) puis une seconde fois dans un essai clinique randomisé en double aveugle appelé pompeusement Discovery (putain « disvovery » juste pour la validation française d’un traitement découvert par la Chine... Ah les buses!!!)... se serait drôle, si la maison ne brûlait pas... Mais y a le feu les gars!!! réveillez-vous!!! Réveillez-vous!!! Combien de temps et de morts encore pour confirmer un traitement dont on sait qu’il est efficace en Chine?
En plus, si on en croit le Pr Raoult les prélèvements viraux se négative au bout de 6 jours sous traitement contre 20 sans... putain y a pas besoin d’être bac + 11 pour voir l’impact que ça peut avoir sur la durée de contagiosité, celle du confinement et celle de la mise en à l’arrêt de nos pays...
Bref voilà ce que j’en pense... ça me rend dingue... on a le choix entre l’espoir et rien... et on est les seuls assez cons pour choisir rien...
Royal Terns are often among the first birds a visitor sees at the seashore, along with species such as Laughing Gulls and Brown Pelicans. Listening for the distinctive call (ka-rreet!) is a good way to locate this species. Among the many species of terns at North American beaches, Royal Terns are among the largest, outsized only by the Caspian Tern.
I've had a wonderful time watching and photographing both Royal and Least Terns this year. Thanks to the closing of the beaches, the Least Terns gave me an opportunity close to home where I didn't need to run the gauntlet of hotel rooms and other risks of travel. If you have the interest, I've made a Least Tern gallery on my website: mykey.smugmug.com/Galleries/Wildlife-and-Nature/Least-Terns/
Thanks for following my photography and stay as safe as possible out there.
Mike
You can hear the Royal Tern way before you see it. Hopefully it will pass by you for a pic or two. Stone Harbor Point NJ.
A Royal Tern speeds by carrying a fish.
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"Populations declined seriously in late 1800s - early 1900s when eggs were harvested from many colonies for food; made substantial comeback during 20th century. Still vulnerable to loss of nesting sites. Has declined in California since 1950, coinciding with decline in population of Pacific sardine there."
National Audubon Society
Photograhed in the wild, Florida, USA.
A pair of juvenile Royal Terns resting on the beach at Stone Harbor Point NJ. The one with the tag was tagged in Hampton City Virginia on 7/2/22.
Scientific name: Thalasseus maximus
Common name: Royal tern
Nombre: Charrán real
Lugar de la captura: República Dominicana
I was trying to photograph these terns in flight but didn't notice, at the time, that I got his wing touching the water. I don't know what kind of tern this is. Taken in Costa Rica. The ID has been confirmed to be a Royal Tern"
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