arctic tern

horribly poor light, not a wall-hanger but might be interesting for some of you all the same

Not that artic terns were not present. They were all over the place. Just that I did not realise I had a decent enough shot of them. Pays to revisit old snaps.

My happy moment on yesterday's walk was when I noticed this Arctic Tern looping over and over up along the river, apparently hunting for insects emerging from their chrysalis state in the water. I got loads of shots, about half of them in decent focus. This one's my favorite. Again, not up to...

Whilst waiting for the boat back to the mainland, I spent some time watching this Arctic Tern preening on some rocks covered in Ulva species seaweed beside the jetty.

Arctic Tern with chick.

This is the parent of the chick I posted on July 31, telling us to keep away.

This chick kept wandering into the carpark with its frantic parent trying to drive us away! In fact I wonder if it's the same one Flyshop photographed in June (in Opus)!!

Head bangers from The Isle of May

Taken by my wife Bev using a Sony compact showing that you don't need expensive equipment!

Arctic Tern

One from last year. Not shy, and quick to defend their territory and chicks.

Adult feeding chick on the Isle of May

Arctic Terns are known to fly from pole to pole. These two birds were having a debate over a third bird... I photographed these during a recent trip to Norway for a bird study that i conducted for a client.

25,000 miles/year --farthest annual journey (allaboutbirds.com). This is a rare sighting for New England this time of the year.

Not really a pal but this was a very tolerant bird and I got very close.