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At the Shore

It will be a scorcher today, how about a beach scene. It's interesting that shore birds at the beach almost always face the ocean. In this photo there are royal terns (Thalasseus maximus) with the orange bills, Forester's terns (Sterna forsteri), the smaller birds in front, and there are some ring-bill gulls Larus (delawarensis) mixed int among the terns. I took this photograph and Holly
Beach, Louisiana on the Gulf of Mexico.

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Beach Ballet

It was hot today in a lot of places, so I thought maybe a beach scene would be cool. 😎🪭

This is a scene from Holly Beach, Louisiana, the birds are various gulls and terns.

I don't post all of the photos that I post here to my Pixels gallery, but I post the photos I like best. Some don't make the cut. I usually wait a couple of days and see how I feel about it then.

You can check out my gallery at: https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

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Let's all go to the party.

These are a bunch of royal terns (Thalasseus maximus), Forester's terns (Sterna forsteri), and ring billed gulls (Larus delawarensis). The focus is on the Forester's terns closer to the bottom of the frame. This was at Holly Beach, Louisiana.

"Flashing slender, silvery wings and an elegantly forked tail, Forster's Terns cruise above the shallow waters of marshes and coastlines looking for fish. These medium-sized white terns are often confused with the similar Common Tern, but Forster’s Terns have a longer tail and, in nonbreeding plumage, a distinctive black eye patch. Where Common breeds on outer beaches and barrier islands, Forster’s nests farther inland, on edges of freshwater marshes and saltmarshes. It is the only medium-sized tern species found in the United States mainland in winter." - allaboutbirds.org

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Let's Cool Off.

Here are a bunch of mostly royal and Forester's terns. There is a gull on the left side, maybe a black-billed gull. On the bottom right is a sanderling racing the waves.

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Bird Beach Party.

I'm not sure where my focus is on this photograph. Perhaps no where because it all seems slightly out of focus. I like looking at it none the less. The beach on a hot day is what the doctor ordered.

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Holly Beach.

This is a scene from Holly Beach, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico. The birds are various gulls and terns.

"Holly Beach, also known as Cajun Riviera, is a sandy beach in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, where you can camp, fish, and enjoy the Gulf of Mexico." - wikipedia.org

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It's your tern.

Back at the beach there are forester's terns in the foreground and out of focus royal terns in the background.

"Forster's and Black Terns breed near each other in marshes. The young, downy chicks can wander away from the nest, and sometimes a parent feeds a young bird of the wrong species." allaboutbirds.org

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