Its the Tern’s Turn This Week
Its the Tern’s Turn This Week, The Royal Tern to be exact. We stopped at a marina because we saw a lot of birds flying around down at the end of a dock. So I got my camera out thinking they were all going to be Gulls and Brown Pelicans, but to my surprise there is a new bird at the end that I have never seen before.
The gorgeous birds with the orange bills of course, what a surprise. I love seeing new birds to add to my list. There are a lot of different kinds of Terns like most species, I looked at them all to determine which one this is and I believe it to be the Royals. They do sport a bit of a crown of feathers on their heads.
They seem so arrow dynamic on windy days as they lean into the wind perched on post.
Its the Tern’s Turn This Week
43 Replies to “Its the Tern’s Turn This Week”
Spectacular shots!
Thank you 🙂
Terns are my absolute favourite bird, we regularly see a few types along the south point of South Africa (Cape Agulhas)
They are so cool looking, I had never heard of them until now.
Very fun jour post, thank you for sharing.
You are very welcome Anita, thank you
thats nice one
Thank you 🙂
Interesting pictures Sandra – I’ve never seen an actual Tern, just photos of them. I really like how they look aerodynamic with their long beaks … a side profile makes them look streamlined.
Yes me to Linda, I love how they lean into the wind.
Fun stuff I am going back in time in your posts so it may be odd for you
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🙂 thank you Mr. Ohh, never odd with you. 🙂
Andi I would have thought it was always odd for you Merry Christmas😂🤣😂
Lol, 😊
🎄🎅🎄 Merry Merry
Perfect shots!
Thank you very much 🙂
in the first image they look like seagulls.
Yes, that is what I thought they were at first. 😊
I love terns! Love how you captured them here. We have a slightly different version in southern California — the least tern. Being a threatened bird, their nests are protected down at the beaches here.
I saw the bird when I was researching what kind this one is. It is so nice when people help out like that.
The Royal is a great bird and as you say, those Terns can be generally difficult to identify – especially in their juvi feathering (like trying to differentiate sparrows ha). Nice pictures and a nice add to your bird list.
Thank you Brian, I am up to 99 birds on my life list. All the birds seem to be gone here right now so I have not moved off of 99 in a couple weeks. 🙂
A fun post, Sandra, and nice captures of this beautiful Tern. Interesting to see the group shots, too, with all the birds hanging out around the dock.
Thank you Ellen, it was a surprise to see all of these together, including the herring gull, that one is bigger than all of them.
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Thank you very much Francine 😊
Your commenters today really know how to tern a phrase.
Lol, there are so many ways to use that word. 😊
Wonder if anyone is terned on by the intellectual opportunities. ; )
lol, that is a good one. Tern in tomorrow because there will be more. 🙂
That’s a great looking bird Sandra. Thanks. I like the added contrast with the usual gulls and pelicans. A tern for the better.
😊 yes , so many different ways to use this birds name. Tern in tomorrow, there will be more. 😅
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Interesting tern of events, I’d say.
😊 yes it is.
auk -he-hoot : Pretty birds 🙂
Thank you 🙂
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Now that’s a beautiful bird. Love its beak. Are those with black beaks gulls?
Yes, the other ones are regular gulls. The Terns are very pretty and quite a bit bigger then the gulls. But there is another gull I came across that is the biggest of all of them. I will show you that one when I get to it. They were all hanging out together at a different place.
Yes they are classics for leaning into the wind Sandra, I see that here also, it makes people turn their heads wondering what they are all looking at 🙂
They look like an arrow waiting to launch. 😊