Uploads from jonasflanken, tagged tern

Black Noddy agility

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:35:15 -0700

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Lazy terns

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:16:58 -0700

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Forster's Terns hanging out at Shoreline Lake

Noddy photography

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:37:44 -0700

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The environs and our shooting setup at Waianapanapa, with some Black Noddies flying in the background

Black Noddy preen club

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:56:45 -0700

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Nesting noddy style

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:45:23 -0700

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The round white thing between the two Black Noddies is their egg; in the tropics, on an inaccessible rock, the noddies apparently see no reason to brood their eggs!

Black Noddy coming in for a landing

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:45:44 -0700

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Black Noddy in flight

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:02:44 -0700

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At Waianapanapa State Park, soaring by the rock all the Noddies love to perch on

Black Noddy in flight

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:53:47 -0800

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Soaring around Waianapanapa State Park. These guys are fast, and far - even 600mm of focal length required some cropping!

Forster's Tern pair

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:17:01 -0700

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Diving on a Sunday afternoon

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:45:52 -0700

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The fluff

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:32:26 -0700

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A Forster's Tern shaking off some water

Tern fumble

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:24:38 -0700

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A Forster's Tern diving after a fish that it had been carrying. Fortunately, it caught up to it and managed to grab it again - and swallow it to prevent future mishaps.

Forster's Tern

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:26:41 -0700

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A Forster's Tern resting atop a piling in the midst of a preen

Tern dive

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:13:35 -0800

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A Forster's Tern about to hit the water in its hunt for fish. Lazy Ring-Billed and California Gulls in the foreground hardly noticed the proceedings.

Forster's Tern in flight

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:20:04 -0700

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A lovely day for a soar

Amphibious landing

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:22:19 -0700

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A pair of Canada Geese brought their three goslings to this small island where Forster's Terns were hanging out. The terns were less than pleased, but there was little they could do about it.

Tern alighting

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:50:28 -0700

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Happy tern

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:19:02 -0700

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A Forster's Tern, moments before it dropped (and recovered) the fish it caught

Forster's tern looking for fish

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:40:22 -0700

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How it's made: Forster's terns

nobody@flickr.com (jonasflanken) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:39:52 -0700

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Forster's terns mating at Baylands Wildlife Reserve. These two were going at it for quite some time, and the female kept squawking even longer after everything was said and done