Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

Part of a collection of watercolors by "M. Rabié" for St. Domingue Oiseaux. Dated 1766.

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[1983/10977] Cabot's tern - Thalasseus acuflavidus

(sometimes treated as a subspecies of the sandwich tern)

Order: Charadriiformes Suborder: Lari Family: Laridae (gulls, terns and skimmers) Subfamily: Sterninae (terns)

Photo credit: Max McCarthy via Macaulay Library

Sandwich Tern - Garajau-comum (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

Oeiras/Portugal (1/12/2022)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR; 1/2500s; F6,3; 500 ISO]

Sandwich Tern

Got one!

This I believe is a Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis). I took this photograph at the Galveston, dock off of the balcony of a cruise ship. I got several photos and couldn't quite make out what I was seeing because the birds beak looked deformed. But after fiddling around with this photo and it's clear the bird captured a fish.

06/08/2023-Hook-with-Warsash

Photos taken here in this set are of: 1. Some massive mushrooms it was lovely to see. 2. One of the beautiful seas of chamomile it was a delight to see in the fields. 3, 4, 6 and 7. Nice field and sea views on a great walk round. 5. A Red Admiral I was fixated to see, fitting getting a photo of its star again on the final day of the Big Butterfly Count. 8. Stonechat. 9. Linnet, this rustic and plucky finch was a key bird seen on the walk seeing them in decent numbers. Watching them drink from puddles in gorgeous sunlight were lovely moments. 10. One of a couple of Roe Deers it was charming to see in the long grass of the fields, I always enjoy seeing these.

Hearing the shriek and seeing the beautiful large tern the Sandwich Tern as one flew by at the end was another bird highlight of the walk, with Common Tern seen hunting far out I believe, Cormorant and Lesser Black-backed Gull other coastal highlights. Buzzard, the quirky sight of Canada Geese in a field but we soon saw there was a pond we didn't know about beside them, Goldfinches, Song Thrush, Pied Wagtails, House Martin, Woodpigeons and a Rabbit were other good birds and mammals to see. My first ever Thick-legged hoverfly and a wealth of other butterflies including Holly Blue and Comma dancing along the lane, a nice Small Heath, Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper, Large and Small White and a Common Blue with a moth and other hoverflies Marmalade and possibly Hornet Mimic I believe seen were insect highlights. Pretty nightshade, ragwort, fleabane, lady's thumb aka redshank, yarrow, knapweed, bindweed, oxtongue, burdock, buttercup and bright cuckoo-pint berries were other key plants seen on the walk.

Birbfest 2023 Day 26-28. Gouldian Finch, Sandwich Tern, and an Eastern Yellow Robin.

Kinda got behind on birbs, so here's a bunch of little guys in sprite form.

[ID: Pixel art of various birds. The birds include the gouldian finch, the sandwich tern, the great-eared nightjar, the eastern yellow robin, and the himalayan monal. /ID]

frolicking in the water

Photos © art-of-crow

a juvenile little gull (hydrocoloeus minutus), with sandwich terns (thalasseus sandvicensis) and black-headed gulls (chroicocephalus ridibundus), in county galway, ireland

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can’t believe i managed to snag two lifers (!!!) and like 30 species in the <1hr i managed to peel off from Family Obligations TM.  the southeast slaps so insanely hard, coastal boglands slap so insanely hard, holy shit i want to live in a swamp

there was a whale watch in my county today so i went along, was rlly windy w loads of whitecaps out at sea so couldnt spot any cetaceans BUT it was perfect conditions for manx shearwaters!!! saw at least 700

everyone else was like "no dolphins today 😔" but i was just "👏FUCK👏YES👏MANX👏SHEARWATERS👏" the watch lasted for 2 hours but my dad & i stayed for 3 lol

Sandwich Tern - Garajau-de-bico-preto (Sterna sandvicensis)

Sesimbra/Portugal (26/12/2023)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR; 1/2500s; F5,6; 640 ISO]

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Went to the Farne Islands the other day!! I took a couple of unimpressive photos but mostly I just took… ✨memories✨

Saw puffins, kittiwakes, gannets, guillemots, razorbills, shags, black-backed gulls, sandwich terns, and grey seals!!

Here is a puffin taking bedding into a burrow: