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whiskered tern

  1. Whiskered Tern on the wing

    Whiskered Tern on the wing

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

    Whiskered Tern

  3. Whiskered Tern

    Whiskered Tern

  4. Whiskered Tern

    Whiskered Tern

  5. Whiskered Tern

    Whiskered Tern

    Not one we get very often locally .
  6. Whiskered Tern

    Whiskered Tern

  7. Whiskered Tern (Juvenile)

    Whiskered Tern (Juvenile)

    Sitting on a mass of waterlily leaves
  8. I had a funny tern today

    I had a funny tern today

    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 :-)
  9. Whiskered Tern (non-breeding adult)

    Whiskered Tern (non-breeding adult)

  10. Whiskered Tern

    Whiskered Tern

    Taken on our recent trip to Goolwa south of Adelaide.
  11. Crossing Paths - Gull & Tern

    Crossing Paths - Gull & Tern

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

    Whiskered Tern

    Whiskered Tern
  13. I want a big fish too!

    I want a big fish too!

    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 ...?
  14. Not fed up at all!

    Not fed up at all!

    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...
  15. Whiskered Tern

    Whiskered Tern

    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...
  16. WHISKERED TERN

    WHISKERED TERN

  17. Material for Nest

    Material for Nest

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

    Virtuosity

  19. Whiskered Tern

    Whiskered Tern

    Elusive target !
  20. Whiskered tern

    Whiskered tern

    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.
  21. Whiskered Tern surfacee feeding

    Whiskered Tern surfacee feeding

    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
  22. Whiskered Tern

    Whiskered Tern

    Whiskered Tern looking for breakfast.
  23. Tern and Cormorant

    Tern and Cormorant

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

    Juvenile Whiskered Tern

  25. Whiskered Tern

    Whiskered Tern

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