This time of the year Forster’s Terns are a common sight at EBF. Last week I stopped my car when I saw more than a dozen of them hovering in the air and diving into a pond to catch fish. The terns ignored me and went on with their aerial acrobatics as if no one was around.
In the following photo this tern was hovering, flapping its wings but its eyes were fully concentrated on any prey lurking beneath the water.
chuyen said:
Beautiful capture of flying tern! Great shot.
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you!
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dweezer19 said:
I am so excited to know the name of this bird. I just saw one for the first time over the weekend. It was all alone on the beach. Usually the ternsare in a group. It looked a bit confused. I understand how it felt….
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neihtn2012 said:
Glad this helped you identify this bird. Thank you for visiting this blog and commenting!
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Tiny said:
Wonderful capture, Hien!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Tiny!
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Pat said:
Great capture!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Pat!
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Mary said:
Beautiful capture of motion and grace
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Mary!
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LadyPinkRose said:
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fredonnezmoi said:
I like it very much, thank you for showing the Forsters Tern !!
Today I am looking at wodpress from a very old computer, and as there is no java script installed … I am wondering if this writing of a comment will work out.
Cheers,
Michel
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neihtn2012 said:
Your comment came through! Thank you so much Michel!
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Anil C. Mandal said:
Great capture! Love it.
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Anil!
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Anil C. Mandal said:
You are welcome!
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Thom Hickey said:
Thanks. You’ve captured the focused power and concentration. Regards Thom.
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Thom!
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Amy said:
What a beautiful bird. Great capture of the flying tern!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Amy!
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Jet Eliot said:
Excellent photo, Hien, expressing the fluidity and beauty of this tern. I’m so glad you stopped the car!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Jet. The terns were practically begging to be photographed. They kept diving, flying up then coming back to hover again.
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milfordstreet said:
What a wonderful image. Nice work!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Chris!
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Sue Slaght said:
Another amazing capture of birds in motion!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thanks Sue!
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