Skimmers, terns and gulls loafed high and dry on the laguna shore sands. I began and ended my last day on South Padre Island, visiting the grounds that treated me to so many encounters with migrant birds. Between these times I walked out to the sand flats north of the Convention Centre to look for shorebirds and terns.
Skimmers, terns and gulls loafed high and dry on the laguna shore sands. I began and ended my last day on South Padre Island, visiting the grounds that treated me to so many encounters with migrant birds. Between these times I walked out to the sand flats north of the Convention Centre to look for shorebirds and terns.
Skimmers, terns and gulls loafed high and dry on the laguna shore sands. I began and ended my last day on South Padre Island, visiting the grounds that treated me to so many encounters with migrant birds. Between these times I walked out to the sand flats north of the Convention Centre to look for shorebirds and terns.
Skimmers, terns and gulls loafed high and dry on the laguna shore sands. I began and ended my last day on South Padre Island, visiting the grounds that treated me to so many encounters with migrant birds. Between these times I walked out to the sand flats north of the Convention Centre to look for shorebirds and terns.
Skimmers, terns and gulls loafed high and dry on the laguna shore sands. I began and ended my last day on South Padre Island, visiting the grounds that treated me to so many encounters with migrant birds. Between these times I walked out to the sand flats north of the Convention Centre to look for shorebirds and terns.
Skimmers, terns and gulls loafed high and dry on the laguna shore sands. I began and ended my last day on South Padre Island, visiting the grounds that treated me to so many encounters with migrant birds. Between these times I walked out to the sand flats north of the Convention Centre to look for shorebirds and terns.
Skimmers, terns and gulls loafed high and dry on the laguna shore sands. I began and ended my last day on South Padre Island, visiting the grounds that treated me to so many encounters with migrant birds. Between these times I walked out to the sand flats north of the Convention Centre to look for shorebirds and terns.
Skimmers, terns and gulls loafed high and dry on the laguna shore sands. I began and ended my last day on South Padre Island, visiting the grounds that treated me to so many encounters with migrant birds. Between these times I walked out to the sand flats north of the Convention Centre to look for shorebirds and terns.

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)

Black Skimmer

(Rynchops niger)

Description:

Skimmers, terns and gulls loafed high and dry on the laguna shore sands. I began and ended my last day on South Padre Island visiting the grounds that treated me to so many encounters with migrant birds. Between these times I walked out to the sand flats north of the Convention Centre to look for shorebirds and terns.

Date Taken: 2021:05:08 10:41

Location:

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6000

File Name: BlackSkimmer_D5X7641_SPI-ConventionCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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