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rebeccam31.bsky.social
Throwing out a little #TernTuesday because this gorgeous guy struck a pose for me yesterday. #CaspianTern #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 PM
manelcamacho.bsky.social
Because I have a year without posting anything on these #birds, I forgot today is #Ternsday or better names #TernTuesday for the #birders here ❤️🌊! (started by
@lucidillusions.in )

So, bring your old or new pics of terns!
A necklace with the shape of a tern over the palm of a hand A tern flying below a cloudy sky during a warm and wet summer in the coast
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
lucidillusions.in
#BirdOfTheDay alternate theme today is #blurry (birds blurred in motion) -- so here's a trio of #blurd (and one for #TernTuesday)

🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️
#Nature #Birds #Jungle #Safari #EastCoastKin
a swiftly flying bird, photographed just as it was changing from its flying direction to hover and dive. a white bird, whit grey and black cap, wings spread. a red breasted flycatcher photographed a fraction of second after it hopped off the branch. a female sunbird, hovering in front of a red flower as it drinks nectar. the bird is mostly olive green in color.
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
lucidillusions.in
I need to visit the shores soon so I can have new content for #TernTuesday...

#Birds feed, in the meanwhile share your beauties!
October 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
beachrelaxin.bsky.social
On terribly windy days, with birds blowing one way and my camera the other, I'm happy to even get them in the frame. If they're recognizable, I call it a win and walk away content.

Forster's Tern

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #TernTuesday #BirdOfTheDay
A white bird with very pale gray on the upper wings, a short black beak, a black eye patch, and a short tail with long forks on either side flies against a pale bluish-gray sky with its wings above its back and its head looking down toward the ground. It is a bit out of focus but good enough.
September 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
lucidillusions.in
I must 'egretfully share a Gull Billed Tern for #BirdOfTheDay theme (mostly White) because it's #TernTuesday

#Birds #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin

(Okay okay I might share some egret close ups too)
A mostly White bird with big black beak, and black feet. The tip of the wing feathers are black too. It's flying in front of green trees. Another angle of the bird where it is seen in front of a light blue sky.
September 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
lucidillusions.in
It's always crazy to shoot Terns! they are fast, and shooting them with a D7000 (+ Tamron 70-300)

Was looking through the archive to share some pictures for #TernTuesday

#Blurd #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature #Wildlife

(next month planning to photograph them with the #Nikon z6iii)
a common term, photographed from the front, it's head is in focus and wing span as well. there's a black cap, and the wings are dark from above. it's flying over the dock water - which is littered with plastic. a tern, just out of focus, as it makes a swift flight. there are small ferries in the background with people working/prepping to take it out for fishing. another photo of the same bird, just out of focus - as it flies in front of a different ferry which has large containers on board to collect fresh catch.
September 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Pretty sure this a tern and not a seagull. Reasonably certain its Tuesday.

#bird #birds #terntuesday
September 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
korbosch.bsky.social
Back in May on Texel, I witnessed a little tern (dwergstern) impress its mate by catching fish for her at the beach, over and over again, for at least two hours (probably more, but that's when I left). A small stream of sea water separated us and the terns did not mind me. #birds #TernTuesday
A little tern lands, fish in beak, besides its potential mate, who is already screaming in anticipation. Little terns have a yellow bill and legs, which set it apart from the other terns in the Netherlands, which have red or black bills, and although it has a black cap like most terns, it also has a pure white forehead. Little tern in flight in bright sunlight. The small black tip of its yellow bill can be seen here. The male little tern has dropped a small fish in flight, and is diving to catch it mid-air (it is succeeding). The male little tern, on the left, hands over a fish to his potential mate on the right, on the beach.
September 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Here's a Tern I saw while out walking in Norfolk. This is on the beach at RSPB Titchwell Marsh.

#Birds #TernTuesday
Tern with fish
September 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
davebspain.bsky.social
Aaaaaargh, not you again!
A Whiskered Tern showing his delight at being photographed.
#birds #TernTuesday
A white bodied bird is flying towards the viewer in the blue sky. Its wings are almost straight up and down as it turns and the red bill is wide open as it screams. The top of its head is black and this covers the black eyes as well.
September 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
kevguttridge.bsky.social
Least Tern at Dawn, Florida, from a few years ago for #TernTuesday
2 Least Tern at dawn on Cocoa beach, Florida
August 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
foodycatalicia.bsky.social
For #TernTuesday, here's one @shrunkenshrubbery.bsky.social took yesterday.
A tern in flight against a blue sky. It has a slim fish in its beak.
August 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
julianday.bsky.social
Lovely shot, Dave! I love a good tern, & this one doesn't disappoint! #TernTuesday
August 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
davebspain.bsky.social
Here's a great bird for #TernTuesday, the Whiskered Tern.
This one has something to complain about, again! 😂
#birds
A generally white bodied bird, with gray splotches on the belly, is flying away from the viewer at a 45 degree angle. Looking at it from below, the V shaped tail is half open as its red bill, which is black tipped. The head has a black cap and the ends of the primaries are also black. The background is the blue, summer, Spanish sky.
August 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
davebspain.bsky.social
Heat haze has been a real killer for sharp images this summer. Here is a typical example; cropped 50% to show it better (or should that be worse?). It looks like high ISO but the image is actually ISO 320.
Still, it is always great to see Little Terns, fuzzy or not.
#TernTuesday #birds
A small white bird flies in the sky, wings horizontal. It is a full side view and the long yellow bill and short yellow legs are on show. It has a black cap which zags down across the eye to the base of its bill. The image is fuzzy.
August 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
lucidillusions.in
Been a while, but here's something for #TernTuesday.

#Birds #Photography #ShoreBird
a white bird, with black beak, and black tips of wings, is flying away from the photographer - you can see cityscape and buildings in the shoreline (out of focus)
August 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
streetbiologist.bsky.social
A Forster's Tern hovering in the sky on #TernTuesday. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #photography #birdsofAlberta #birdsofCanada #PhotographersUnited #photographersofBlueSky #NikonZ9 #nikonphotographer #nikoncreator
August 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
robcrank68.bsky.social
Here's a set from Long Nanny on the Northumberland coast where there's a Tern Sanctuary just ready for #TernTuesday.
So Share/QP your captures for all to see

#birds #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #wildlife #photography #ukbirding #wildlifephotography #BirdLife #ArticTerns
August 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
davebspain.bsky.social
They don't care how big you are! Great catch Rob for #TernTuesday!
August 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
From the archives. 🪶❤️

Vagrant Elegant Tern (right) with a Sandwich Tern, Cemlyn Bay, 12th July 2021.

#birds #ukbirds #westpalbirds #terntuesday #birding
Vagrant Elegant Tern (on right) with a Sandwich Tern in Sandwich Tern colony, Cemlyn Bay Lagoon, Anglesey, North Wales. Seen many interesting tern species at this site over the years.
August 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
davebspain.bsky.social
Still seeing the Whiskered Terns at #ElHondo for #TernTuesday.
That smoky body they have is stunning, off set by the white face, black cap and red bill. #birds
A wetland bird is flying to the left, wings up & side on. It had turned its head to look at the viewer, sowing its white head with black cap and red bill. The body is a smoky grey colour & under the wings it is white. The background is green and brown reed out of focus.
August 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
logicaphotography.bsky.social
This little beauty wants to know if it’s still #TernTuesday? #birds
Common Tern with fish in flight across the lake, with green reflections cast on the water from the trees and reeds nearby.
August 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
korbosch.bsky.social
For #TernTuesday, a white-winged tern (witvleugelstern) on the hunt. Terns are among my favourite birds and the white-winged tern is perhaps the fanciest I've seen. This was a rare breeding pair in the Onnerpolder near Groningen in 2021: their usual populations are much further east. #birds
A swampy terrain with a tern flying above it, its head and neck stooping down to better observe and find insects and invertebrates above the water. The birds body, neck and head are completely lack while its tail and wings are pure white, with clear black legs, giving it some spectacular contrasts.
August 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social
Fabulous adult Whiskered Tern for #terntuesday. El Hondo Spain. Some are still in summer plumage. #birds #birdphotography #terns #birdsseenin2025
August 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM