Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Back in April, I got pictures of five common terns on a buoy from the ferry crossing the Sound of Harris. The aim today was to see and get some pictures of an Arctic tern. It wasn't easy. There were many common and some Arctic terns, and we couldn't always tell which were which. And then they look as though they're flying quite slowly, and you just manage to get them in the viewfinder when they stop in mid air, turn, and dive. Well, that's why we love 'em.
A little tern was fishing in a tidal pool that also hosted a juvenile heron, a herring gull, and a female merganser.
Greger, watching through his new bins, said "He's caught something!" and I just managed a shot as he flew away.
Just after the little tern disappeared, a violent shower of rain swept in and soaked us; but it soon passed over, and the sun was warm enough to dry us out.
// posted by Christine @ 3:49 PM 
