Royal Tern - Cocoa Beach, Florida
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
World Bird Wednesday - Royal Tern
Last week, I posted about the Black Skimmers we saw in Cocoa Beach, Florida. In the same group of birds, I captured a picture of this one. At first I thought it must be the female skimmer since males have a tendency for brighter and showier plumage. But through research at allaboutbirds.org, I was able to identify this as a Royal Tern. These birds are only found along ocean beaches. They are close in size to a sea gull.
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19 comments:
Hiya Sally,
Good sharp picture.
Terns galore today: Mick in Australia and you the other side of the world. Amazing, this bird exchange.
Great photo of the Tern and it looks very similar to the one we call the Crested Tern. I went and looked up Royal Tern and it is the Sterna Maxima - so apparently different from mine.
A lovely image of a beautiful bird. Third post about Terns from three different continents on WBW today amazing.
Excellent shot Sally.
Great shot of the royal!!
Brilliant bird and a great photo.
Love its haircut- very cool birds.
I am seeing a lot of new birds today and now the Royal Tern. What a beautiful capture with terrific detail. Well done! ;-)WBW
Hi - these Royals look a lot like our Crested Terns - different beak though!
You could have a look at some Australian terns at http://payingreadyattention.blogspot.com/
Cheers Stewart M
great shot of a beautiful tern species! really nice!
A very nice close up of this interesting look bird. I wonder if they are anywhere along the west coast. I've never seen one before.
Your bird photos are magnificent!
Nice image. Its great to see a new bird, espesially when you find it and then ID it
Well done
Dave
Looks like a tern unhappy with its hairdo. Nice image!
Cute bird,their expressions always make me smile,phylliso
Very similar to our Aussie Crested Terns - possibly with a slightly different beak
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Fantastic capture! This is such a great Tern species.
So funny, he looks cold, and in Florida??
All Terns are such amazing looking birds! I just love each of them. I like this guys crown!
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