The Royal Terns I met on the sandy flats were courting. 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.
The Royal Terns I met on the sandy flats were courting. 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.
The Royal Terns I met on the sandy flats were courting. 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.
The Royal Terns I met on the sandy flats were courting. 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.
The Royal Terns I met on the sandy flats were courting. 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.
The Royal Terns I met on the sandy flats were courting. 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.
The Royal Terns I met on the sandy flats were courting. 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.
The Royal Terns I met on the sandy flats were courting. 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.

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Royal Tern

(Thalasseus maximus)

Description:

The Royal Terns I met on the sandy flats were courting. 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 10:25

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: RoyalTern_D5X7478_SPI-ConventionCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

Nearby Images

Coyote - Canis latrans

Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus

Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus

Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus

Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus

Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina

Tweet