Black skimmers working the shore of Mustang Island on the Texas coast.
As noted in Wikipedia, "Skimmers have a light graceful flight, with steady beats of their long wings. They feed usually in large flocks, flying low over the water surface with the lower mandible skimming the water (in order of importance) for small fish, insects, crustaceans and molluscs[2] caught by touch by day or especially at night. They spend much time loafing gregariously on sandbars in the rivers, coasts and lagoons they frequent."
As noted in Wikipedia, "Skimmers have a light graceful flight, with steady beats of their long wings. They feed usually in large flocks, flying low over the water surface with the lower mandible skimming the water (in order of importance) for small fish, insects, crustaceans and molluscs[2] caught by touch by day or especially at night. They spend much time loafing gregariously on sandbars in the rivers, coasts and lagoons they frequent."
8 comments:
Nicely captured! They look like very graceful and fun to watch birds.
I don't think I've seen this type of bird in California or when I visited the New Jersey shore. Sadly I never made it to the coast while I lived in Texas.
Phenomenal photo--you caught the birds "in action". The waves are incredible too. Great work!!! Mickie :)
Très belle photo, très exotique pour moi ! Mais j'aime ces reflets dans l'eau qui se retire, presque sur le sable ...
What an amazing shot! I absolutely love it!
Amazing picture!! These birds are wonderful, great shot!!
Great shot. Hope you are enjoying your time away from Omaha. :)
Great shot of the Skimmere skimming!
Impressive observation of animal behavior.
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