ROYAL TERNS: DIVING FOR SILVER
Terns. They have voracious appetites for fish. One of the great birding sights is to watch a tern rise above the sea, and hover watchfully from a height before plunge-diving to smash into the sea and emerge in a cloud of spray with a silver prize. Here are some astounding photos by Danny Sauvageau of Royal Terns doing what they like to do best…
THE HOVER
THE PLUNGE
THE PRIZE
KNOW YOUR TERNS (WITH THE ADMIRABLE BIRDORABLE)
Credits: DANNY SAUVAGEAU, with thanks as always for use permission; BIRDORABLE, with thanks for their wit and amazingly effective highlighting of the essential distinguishing features of bird species
ROLLING HARBOUR ABACO 
WOW!!!! Great photos!
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Thank you NFL. Danny takes superb photos, and it’s such a pleasure to be able to feature them from time to time! RH
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Awesome captures. Thanks very much for sharing.
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Very glad you enjoyed them! RH
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Thease are beyond stunning
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How I wish they were mine – but how very lucky I am to be able to use Danny’s photos as illustrations!
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That birdorable graphic is super useful!
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My first stop for bird ID, obvs!
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WOW!!! Stunning!
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All those wonderful and absolutely amazing captures deserves Gold! 🙂
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I know!!! I hesitated with the title. But I decided goldfish were an unimpressive quarry…
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That’s true! 🙂 🙂
Have a wonderful weekend.
Greetings from Norway, not quite so warm as Abaco, but sunny ….
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