Terns are back

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  1. Kildale

    Kildale Nature's Window

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    I like to watch the Caspian Terns fishing, hard to photograph though. Its about as hard trying to get close when they are on the ground. Had a bit of luck with these shots.

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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    That second shots looks as though he's shouting at you and telling you you're not welcome. :D
    The last time I tried to get a few photographs of terns they kept dive bombing me so I never managed to get a picture of one. :(
     
  4. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    Never having seen a Caspian Tern, the shots are exciting.

    Jerry
     
  5. Kildale

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    They fish like kingfishers, hover over the water and then dive down for the fish.
     



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    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    Your terns are very pretty. I like terns. Now I suddenly remembered a nursery rhyme:

    - Said baby tern to mother tern: Please may I have a brother?
    - Said mother tern to baby tern: Yes, one good tern deserves another.

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    Nice shots Kildale,..we have terns here on the lake,..dive bombers!,..they would knock your hat off.

    Droopy,..nice nursery rhyme,..a new one to me.
     

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