whiskered tern

Guifette moustac - Chlidonias hybrida - Whiskered Tern

Whiskered Tern on the wing, photographed near Taif, Saudi Arabia

Not one we get very often locally .

Sitting on a mass of waterlily leaves

One of a whole group of whiskered terns that put on a performance for me. very fast, very hard to capture. I'm also happy to be corrected on the identification if needed :-)

Taken on our recent trip to Goolwa south of Adelaide.

Black Headed Gull and a Whiskered Tern crossing their flight paths !

Whiskered Tern

I was so focused on the heron that I missed the moment when this Whiskered Tern fed the juvie. I caught the moment after, when the juvie was still calling out for more. Perhaps he'd seen the size of the fish the juv heron was struggling with and wanted one that size for himself ...?

Thanks, all, for your more than generous remarks about yesterday's posts. I'd say they didn't really deserve the positive adjectives applied. "Nice" would have been sufficient. But thanks anyway, and I think the images will improve as the story moves on. That's the plan at any rate...

As our guide had predicted, the wetlands stop just before Tulcea was a pre-taste of what we would see on the Delta. Today and tomorrow will be some of what became the "usual, usual" sightings. For instance, even though the Whiskered Terns were lifers for many of us (including me) and...

Whiskered Tern, ad. Brenne ( Berry). July 2015.

Elusive target !

Most of the time I struggle with flight shots. I despair of ever being able to freeze a bird in flight properly.But I keep practising. I like this image and decided to keep it even though it is fuzzy.

A lovely breeding plumage Whiskered Term at the local marshland. I could have watched him all day, such a buoyant flight and bright red bill and legs

Whiskered Tern looking for breakfast.

Whiskered Tern ( young bird) and Cormorant. Brenne ( Berry). August 2014.