black skimmer

Old shot at Huntington Beach State Park, SC

Black Skimmer, taken at Bolsa Chica wetland, Orange County California.

You can see that the sun has just come up and is helping to put some light on the bird. The skimmers had a somewhat unpredictable flight action that would occasionally bring them reasonably close - quite a challenge, in particular since the lack of light meant the balancing act between exposing...

And there it was, our last day of the holiday. Because the airline had meddled with flight times, instead of being able to spend a leisurely morning along the Trans-Panateira, taking pictures in good light, we were reduced to one stop when it was still pretty dark. All the shots I took first...

I was thrilled with yet another lifer species that day - Black Skimmers. Most that I saw were bathing in a small lagoon. Then one of them took off and all of us there had our cameras at the ready to catch him skimming, but he circled around for a while, then landed again. When we looked at our...

A Black Skimmer over the water at Pahokee State Park, Pahokee, Florida.

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger subsp. intercedens) and Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria). The Skimmer was asking politely if the Jabiru would leave its private sandbar. Along a sandbar of Ro Piquiri, south of Porto Jofre, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Elevation ca. 128 m (420 ft).

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger subsp. intercedens) Along Rio Piquiri on sandbars. Rio Piquiri, south of Porto Jofre, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil at ca. 110 m (361 ft).

I captured this group on the day of the plovers. It looks like these are Dunlin's, and maybe a Least Sandpipper on the right.

Another huge bill - and more bizarre too!

Saw a few of the unique birds on Sanibel Island last year. More pics here http://mrcolin2u.zenfolio.com

This was taken at Bunche Beach State Park, where one can walk quite a distance out into the bay during low tide.

Reposting photo lost in crash

Another photo from the Black Skimmer colony at Rockport.

Black Skimmer Feeding at Huntington Beach State Park in SC

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger niger) Three subspecies are recognized with only the nominate being mapped for Texas. Photographed in Red Fish Bay, Port Mansfield, Williacy County, Texas, USA.

1st winter Black Skimmer resting at Flamingo in the Florida Everglades

Black Skimmer and friends 5 Sep 2011 during Tropical Storm Lee in Bay County, Florida, USA

Black Skimmer Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Atlantic County, NJ