Thank you, Felicia Lee. It amazes me the size of what these birds catch and then fly with. Think of pulling from the water something half your size and then running with it!
Guess he got take-out . . . Beautiful this, with seeming soft roundness of the chest and belly joined with sharp points fore, aft, port, and starboard, and sharp edges along the wing front, and the sharp truth of the predator and prey. AtHomePilgrim June 18, 2011 09:00 AM
Thanks for the outstanding photo. I imagine the next shot would be of the tern flipping that fish up and eating it in mid-air. Rodney Roe July 19, 2011 07:19 AM
Common Tern with fish - Phippsburg, 
What a graceful photo...full of stillness and motion & the pale blue sky...lovely!
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June 17, 2011 03:33 PM
Clayball, thanks for that. Terns are tricky to photograph as they are very swift and agile fliers, too.
ReplyDeleteVery sweet--that tern is going to have a fine feast indeed!
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June 17, 2011 06:03 PM
Great picture. It is always fun to catch the birds in flight.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Felicia Lee. It amazes me the size of what these birds catch and then fly with. Think of pulling from the water something half your size and then running with it!
ReplyDeletecannot add any more to what the previous two commentators have already stated. Thank you for sharing this beauty!
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FusunA
June 17, 2011 06:27 PM
FusunA and Bill, thank you for the compliments and comments.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fly shot Robin... Excellent
ReplyDeleteThanks, Chris. It's a fun bird, for sure.
ReplyDeleteGuess he got take-out . . . Beautiful this, with seeming soft roundness of the chest and belly joined with sharp points fore, aft, port, and starboard, and sharp edges along the wing front, and the sharp truth of the predator and prey.
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June 18, 2011 09:00 AM
Incredible shot! :-)
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June 21, 2011 12:38 PM
Wow splendid flying picture Robin!!! Love it very much!
ReplyDeleteCrhis and Kwombles, thank you both very much. It's an amazing bird, capable of tremendous speed and power, though it's not very big.
ReplyDeleteThe curves and points of this handsome (pretty?) tern just popped out at me. Lovely.
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June 24, 2011 06:19 PM
Love that header!! Beautiful tern. A great capture. ~karen
ReplyDeleteThanks for the outstanding photo. I imagine the next shot would be of the tern flipping that fish up and eating it in mid-air.
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July 19, 2011 07:19 AM
Good catch! - yes, you and the tern.
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Thanks Nellie. That was pretty funny!
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