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May 26, 2023 00:14:31   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
I was out but the water today, and there was a tern that flew by.

An elegant one at that.

They are new here, from Audubon...

Has increased and spread northward in California in recent years, first nesting at San Diego in 1959 and in Orange County in 1987. At the same time, has disappeared from some former nesting sites in western Mexico. Considered vulnerable because nesting is restricted to very few sites.


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May 26, 2023 10:21:26   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
I like watching and photographing terns. Nicely done.

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May 26, 2023 11:04:15   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
kpmac wrote:
I like watching and photographing terns. Nicely done.


Thank you

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May 26, 2023 17:31:55   #
joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
 
topcat wrote:
I was out but the water today, and there was a tern that flew by.

An elegant one at that.

They are new here, from Audubon...

Has increased and spread northward in California in recent years, first nesting at San Diego in 1959 and in Orange County in 1987. At the same time, has disappeared from some former nesting sites in western Mexico. Considered vulnerable because nesting is restricted to very few sites.


Did the tern turn

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May 26, 2023 17:33:42   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
joecichjr wrote:
Did the tern turn


Yes, he did, and he came around again.

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May 26, 2023 18:13:42   #
jdtonkinson Loc: Red Wing, MN
 
Great shots Topcat

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May 27, 2023 00:12:43   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
jdtonkinson wrote:
Great shots Topcat


Thank you, I appreciate that

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May 27, 2023 10:02:00   #
AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!
 
Lovely.

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May 27, 2023 11:13:27   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
Beautiful BIFs!

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May 27, 2023 13:22:05   #
rockdog Loc: Berkeley, Ca.
 
topcat wrote:
I was out but the water today, and there was a tern that flew by.

An elegant one at that.

They are new here, from Audubon...

Has increased and spread northward in California in recent years, first nesting at San Diego in 1959 and in Orange County in 1987. At the same time, has disappeared from some former nesting sites in western Mexico. Considered vulnerable because nesting is restricted to very few sites.


Good catch topcat! I have been on the lookout for these beauties in our area too.

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May 27, 2023 13:44:24   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
AzPicLady wrote:
Lovely.


Thank you

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May 27, 2023 13:44:39   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
UTMike wrote:
Beautiful BIFs!


Thank you, Mike

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May 27, 2023 13:46:18   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
rockdog wrote:
Good catch topcat! I have been on the lookout for these beauties in our area too.


I first saw these on the bay, in Alameda during the winter. But these I caught over a lagoon in Alameda. I think that they are getting settled in here.

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May 27, 2023 13:52:10   #
rockdog Loc: Berkeley, Ca.
 
topcat wrote:
I first saw these on the bay, in Alameda during the winter. But these I caught over a lagoon in Alameda. I think that they are getting settled in here.



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May 27, 2023 18:57:06   #
Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA
 
topcat wrote:
I was out but the water today, and there was a tern that flew by.

An elegant one at that.

They are new here, from Audubon...

Has increased and spread northward in California in recent years, first nesting at San Diego in 1959 and in Orange County in 1987. At the same time, has disappeared from some former nesting sites in western Mexico. Considered vulnerable because nesting is restricted to very few sites.


Great BIFs! Looks like a Caspian Tern. Photographed them up here-Point-No-Point and Belfair State Park.

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