#terns

[oldschoolfrp]

Intimidation check (Michael Weaver cover art, Dragon 168, April 1991)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Michael Weaver #dragon #red dragon #dnd #Dragon magazine #fantasy #fantasy art #wyvern #gulls #terns #ocean #sea #1990s #TSR

[snototter]

Inca terns (Larosterna inca) perch on a beam near Paracas, Peru

by Harold Moses

#inca tern #terns #seabirds #birds #larosterna inca #larosterna #laridae #charadriiformes #aves #chordata #wildlife: peru #wildlife: south america

[antiqueanimals]

The First Book of the Seashore. Written by Wyatt Blassingame. Illustrated by Fred Sweney. 1964.

Internet Archive

#birds #seabirds #terns #royal terns #Fred Sweney

[moltengarnet]

Hey Plover Fans! Harwich Port, MA, Summer 2023

I took this very silly Plover (Tern!) footage while on break from doing some video work for WE CAN (Women’s Empowerment through Cape Area Networking). I support what they’re doing, obviously, but I found these Piping Plovers (Terns!) way more interesting than whatever was going on at the fundraiser.

I want all of Cape Cod’s wildlife to thrive despite the polluters’ best efforts to the contrary. Also, I’m no bird expert, so I’d feel really stupid if these weren’t actually Piping Plovers in the video. (They're Terns apparently! AGH)

#piping plover #bird #nature #beach #summer #cape cod #Massachusetts #my photography #silly #Ocean #water #sea #harwich #threatened species #tern #terns #birds

[blogbirdfeather]

Sandwich Tern - Garajau-comum (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

Oeiras/Portugal (1/12/2022)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR; 1/2500s; F6,3; 500 ISO]

#birds #bird photography #birds in flight #terns #sandwich tern

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Brown Noddy

Photo: Isaac Sanchez

"Most terns are white with dark caps, and have forked tails. The Brown Noddy, like an anti-tern, is dark with a white cap, and has a wedge-shaped tail. At sea it flies low, with deep wingbeats; when perched, it has a solemn and lethargic look. Widespread in tropical oceans, including around Hawaii. Birders know this species mostly from its colony at the Dry Tortugas, Florida, where it nests alongside the much noisier and more numerous Sooty Tern."

- Audubon Field Guide

#birds #brown noddy #birds of north america #north american birds #terns #seabirds #sea birds #tern #noddies #birds of the us #birds of mexico #birds of central america #birds of the caribbean #bird of the day #birdblr #birblr #Anous stolidus

[birds-and-friends]

White terns, Janne Teivonen

#<3 #animals #birds #terns #white terns #wildlife #photo #op

[scooby-doo-exploration]

FROM :  rokuroku

#rokuroku #birds #terns #baby animals #wild animals #wildlife #photos #animals & wild animals

[feather-bone]

Arctic tern! They migrate from their breeding grounds in the arctic to Antarctica for the summer, traveling around 25,000 miles!

[ID: an illustration of an arctic tern, a white bird with a black cap and reddish feet and beak, flying to the right. It is on a mottled blue background. End.

#tern #seabirds #arctic tern #terns #birds #daily creature #animals

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Arctic Tern fishing at Mendenhall Wetlands

May 15, 2023

#arctic tern #terns #birds #mountains #juneau #southeast alaska #my photos #fpotd

[swede1952]

Tern Trio: Masters of the Tidal Pool

These are some Forester's terns (Sterna forsteri) that I saw about a year and half ago down at Holly Beach, Louisiana.

"Like most terns, Forster’s feeds primarily on small (1–4-inch) fish, which they hunt from the air and capture by plunge-diving from heights as low as a few feet to as high as 50 feet or more. When foraging, most fly along shorelines or just offshore, about 20–25 feet above the water. They normally make a shallow dive, but in some cases, they take prey nearly a foot below the water’s surface, submerging the entire body." - allaboutbirds.org

You know, the photographs that I post here are not quite a vivid as the same photographs that I post at my pixel's gallery, because here, I reduce the size of the photos and usually make a slight reduction in the quality of the photos to make them easier to load.

Take a look: https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdsphotography #birds of north america #birdlovers #birdphotography #birds nature #forester's tern #terns #birbs #bird watching #bird photography #birdingphotography #bird #birding #birdwatching

[snototter]

A pair of nesting Antarctic Terns (Sterna vittata) on Deception Island, Antarctica.

by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

#antarctic tern #terns #seabirds #birds #sterna vittata #sterna #laridae #Charadriiformes #aves #chordata #wildlife: antarctica

[antiqueanimals]

Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

Part of a collection of watercolors by "M. Rabié" for St. Domingue Oiseaux. Dated 1766.

Internet Archive

#birds #terns #sandwich tern #M. Rabié

[sitting-on-me-bum]

What’s Mine is Yours. Two fairy terns share a sardine. A finalist in the bird behaviour category of the BirdLife Australia photography awards

Photograph: Rebecca Harrison

#rebecca harrison #photographer #birdlife australia photography awards #fairy terns #terns #bird photography #nature #animal

[blogbirdfeather]

Sandwich Tern - Garajau-de-bico-preto (Sterna sandvicensis)

Sesimbra/Portugal (26/12/2023)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR; 1/2500s; F5,6; 640 ISO]

#birds #bird photography #birds in flight #terns #sandwich tern

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Caspian Tern

Photo: Wendy Miller

"The largest of the terns, larger than many gulls. Cosmopolitan, nesting on five continents. In North America, it is common along both coasts and locally inland, mainly around large bodies of water. Noted for its long adolescence, with the young dependent on their parents for many months; even in late winter, many an adult Caspian is trailed by a begging youngster from the previous nesting season."

- Audubon Field Guide

#birds #caspian tern #birds of north america #north american birds #terns #seabirds #birds of the us #birds of canada #birds of mexico #birds of central america #birds of the caribbean #birding #birdblr #birblr #bird of the day #Hydroprogne caspia