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Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Sharing another photo of the same tern I shared the other day. Might as well round out today's postings of birds too far away against a gray sky... There's a third photo of what is very likely this same bird flying the other direction about 24 minutes later, holding a fish in its beak, but that one is really not a good shot, just good enough I'm awfully sure it's a Caspian tern.
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Habitat
Flying east over a largish public park south of downtown Seattle.
Location
Jefferson Park, north Beacon Hill, Seattle WA, USA
Date taken
May 3, 2021
Scientific name
Hydroprogne caspia
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delia todd
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I love terns Victor and you've a right fine flight picture of this guy lad.

Many thanks for showing it to us.
 

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Category
North America
Added by
vingio54
Date added
View count
81
Comment count
2

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5300
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
300.0 mm
Exposure time
1/2000
ISO
360
Flash
Auto, did not fire
Filename
caspian tern 2.jpg
File size
397.2 KB
Date taken
Sun, 02 May 2021 7:58 PM
Dimensions
2100px x 1515px

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