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Common and Arctic Terns tail feathers have black outer webs and white inner webs creating a dark outer edge of the tail. Which is what we have here (you may have to zoom in to see it) so this confirms that we are looking at one of these two congeners. Aleutian Tern would have black tips to the secondaries so it is ruled out. Much is made of the "translucency" of the primaries of an Arctic Tern versus Common. So is this an Arctic? Seems to be a bit translucent. On to the next photo...
Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybridus - Белощекая крачка
Russia, Astrakhan region, Astrakhan Natural Reserve, 09/23/2011
One for Maureen. This was taken with the D300 camera at the N'cle Baths on Saturday. I have only cropped and sharpened it in PS and the colors are as taken. I used the D700 at the wetlands so do not want to compare those with the ones taken with your D300. Check it out in All sizes - Original. I am happy with the colors.
if you look closely you can see the speckled "future terns". Amazing that the nest consists of little more than a depression in the sand.
Went out early today before the rain started pelting down (good thing I had my plastic bags in my pocket for my camera). Was so happy to be rewarded with these Caspian Terns at Blackie Spit in Surrey, B.C.
Royal Tern very young Juvenile. The sun was shining right on it pretty harsh.
Today I spent the late AM/early PM sun tanning and birding at Cocoa Beach, FL. As a pleasant surprise the beach was filled with Royal Terns adults, and very young juveniles; plus Gulls, and many other bird species. Great day!
Sigma 150-500mm OS HSM, handheld.
©2011 Cindy Bryant
The Inca Tern, Larosterna inca, is a seabird in the family Sternidae. It is the only member of the genus Larosterna.
This uniquely-plumaged bird breeds on the coasts of Peru and Chile, and is restricted to the Humboldt current. It can be identified by its dark grey body, white moustache on the both sides of its head, and red-orange beak and feet.
The Inca Tern breeds on rocky cliffs. It nests in a hollow or burrow or sometimes the old nest of a Humboldt Penguin, and lays one or two eggs. The eggs are incubated for about 4 weeks, and the chicks leave the nest after 7 weeks.
This is a large tern, 41cm long. Sexes are similar; the adult is mostly slate-grey with white restricted to the facial plumes and the trailing edges of the wings. The large bill and legs are dark red. Immature birds are purple-brown, and gradually develop the facial plumes.
The Inca Tern feeds by plunge diving for fish like a Sterna tern. Its call is a cat-like mew.
Sea Bird Aviary
Bronx Zoo New York
Forster's Tern Calling for his / her mate
I have some really cool shots of these guys will post tomorrow way to tired this evening just grabbed this one and cropped it and uploaded it real quick .
Royal Tern, Sterna maxima Boddaert, 1783. Canaveral National Seashore (Playalinda Beach), Brevard Co., Florida, USA. Photo by David L. Govoni ©2011
Picture taken in July 2007. A tern flying. Flatey (Iceland) is a perfect place to take bird pictures.
About Flatey: Flatey is the second largest island in Breiðafjörður, located in northwestern Iceland that consists of the main island and forty other smaller islands. It is believed that it was created during Ice age from a great glacier. Flatey is two kilometers long and one kilometer wide. The island is almost completely flat (hence its name, meaning "flat island" in Icelandic), with scarcely any hills.
The island has a seasonal habitation; most houses there are occupied only during summer. In winter, the island's total population is five people. In spite of this, Flatey was one of the greatest cultural centres of Iceland, with a no-longer existing monastery founded in 1172 standing on the highest point of the island, not far from the new monastery. In the middle of the 19th century, it was a cultural and artistic reference in Iceland, and was massively inhabited. It also has a church, built in 1926.
Read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatey_in_Brei%c3%b0afj%c3%b6r%c3%b0ur
This tern is currently at Chard Reservoir, taking a break in its annual migration. Full, dynamic and very erratic flight really made photography difficult. Great to see it feeding off the water.
Picture taken in July 2007. A tern flying. Flatey (Iceland) is a perfect place to take bird pictures.
About Flatey: Flatey is the second largest island in Breiðafjörður, located in northwestern Iceland that consists of the main island and forty other smaller islands. It is believed that it was created during Ice age from a great glacier. Flatey is two kilometers long and one kilometer wide. The island is almost completely flat (hence its name, meaning "flat island" in Icelandic), with scarcely any hills.
The island has a seasonal habitation; most houses there are occupied only during summer. In winter, the island's total population is five people. In spite of this, Flatey was one of the greatest cultural centres of Iceland, with a no-longer existing monastery founded in 1172 standing on the highest point of the island, not far from the new monastery. In the middle of the 19th century, it was a cultural and artistic reference in Iceland, and was massively inhabited. It also has a church, built in 1926.
Read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatey_in_Brei%c3%b0afj%c3%b6r%c3%b0ur
Forster's or common? After input from several people I'm going with Forster's tern on this one. Thanks all! Swallows Park, Clarkston, WA
This picture has three images that I combined into one, and that I took within the space of a minute or so.
After cruising around for a likely spot, the the bird entered hover mode, balanced against in the wind, looking down all the time and preparing to dive when prey was spotted.
River tern
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The Indian river tern or just river tern is a tern in the family Laridae. It is a resident breeder along inland rivers from Iran east into the Indian Subcontinent and further to Myanmar to Thailand, where it is uncommon.
Picture taken in July 2007. A tern flying towards me. Flatey (Iceland) is a perfect place to take bird pictures.
About Flaytey: Flatey is the second largest island in Breiðafjörður, located in northwestern Iceland that consists of the main island and forty other smaller islands. It is believed that it was created during Ice age from a great glacier. Flatey is two kilometers long and one kilometer wide. The island is almost completely flat (hence its name, meaning "flat island" in Icelandic), with scarcely any hills.
The island has a seasonal habitation; most houses there are occupied only during summer. In winter, the island's total population is five people. In spite of this, Flatey was one of the greatest cultural centres of Iceland, with a no-longer existing monastery founded in 1172 standing on the highest point of the island, not far from the new monastery. In the middle of the 19th century, it was a cultural and artistic reference in Iceland, and was massively inhabited. It also has a church, built in 1926.
Read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatey_in_Brei%c3%b0afj%c3%b6r%c3%b0ur