Family: Laridae
Royal Tern in breeding plumage
Mia McPhersonTitle: Royal Tern in breeding plumage
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/5/2009
Royal Tern strutting during courtship behavior
Mia McPhersonTitle: Royal Tern strutting during courtship behavior
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/5/2009
Preening Royal Tern in breeding plumage
Mia McPhersonTitle: Preening Royal Tern in breeding plumage
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/5/2009
Least Tern Decoys
Mia McPhersonTitle: Least Tern Decoys
Location: Egmont Key, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/5/2009
Royal Terns courting
Mia McPhersonTitle: Royal Terns courting
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 3/20/2009
Black Skimmer just after sunrise
Mia McPhersonTitle: Black Skimmer just after sunrise
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 2/13/2009
Gulf coast Black Skimmer
Mia McPhersonTitle: Gulf coast Black Skimmer
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 2/13/2009
Royal Tern glowing in the rising sun
Mia McPhersonTitle: Royal Tern glowing in the rising sun
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 2/13/2009
Forster’s Tern in early morning light
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern in early morning light
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 2/13/2009
Nonbreeding Forster’s Tern on the Gulf coast
Mia McPhersonTitle: Nonbreeding Forster’s Tern on the Gulf coast
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 2/13/2009
Foggy morning Royal Tern
Mia McPhersonTitle: Foggy morning Royal Tern
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/11/2009
Black Skimmers in Flight over Fort De Soto’s north beach
Mia McPhersonTitle: Black Skimmers in Flight over Fort De Soto’s north beach
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/6/2009
Mixed flock of Brown Pelicans, Black Skimmers, Gulls and Terns
Mia McPhersonTitle: Mixed flock of Brown Pelicans, Black Skimmers, Gulls and Terns
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/6/2009
Forster’s Tern in flight over the Gulf
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern in flight over the Gulf
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/6/2009
An elegant Forster’s Tern in flight
Mia McPhersonTitle: An elegant Forster’s Tern in flight
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/6/2009
Sandwich Tern and a pastel sky
Mia McPhersonTitle: Sandwich Tern in flight with prey
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/6/2009
Royal Tern bathing in the waves
Mia McPhersonTitle: Royal Tern bathing in the waves
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/3/2009
Royal Tern in flight over a flock of birds
Mia McPhersonTitle: Royal Tern in flight over a flock of birds
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 1/3/2009
A scoop of Black Skimmers flying past Shell Key
Mia McPhersonTitle: A scoop of Black Skimmers flying past Shell Key
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 12/18/2008
Chaotic lift off (Black Skimmers and Red Knots)
Mia McPhersonTitle: Chaotic lift off (Black Skimmers and Red Knots)
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 10/12/2008
Black Skimmer flight along shoreline
Mia McPhersonTitle: Black Skimmer flight along shoreline
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 10/10/2008
Forster’s Tern in front of a dark colored wave
Mia McPhersonTitle: Forster’s Tern in front of a dark colored wave
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 10/10/2008
Royal Tern juvenile begging for food
Mia McPhersonTitle: Royal Tern juvenile begging for food
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 10/10/2008
Juvenile Royal Tern “Feed Me” dance
Mia McPhersonTitle: Juvenile Royal Tern “Feed Me” dance
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 10/10/2008
Adult Royal Tern shaking its feathers
Mia McPhersonTitle: Adult Royal Tern shaking its feathers
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 10/10/2008
Royal Tern preening by the Gulf
Mia McPhersonTitle: Royal Tern preening by the Gulf
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 10/10/2008
Preening adult Royal Tern
Mia McPhersonTitle: Preening adult Royal Tern
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 10/10/2008