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I was just looking at someone's gallery and saw a Black Skimmer resting image, which reminded me of the time some years ago I was driving along the beach and saw what I thought was a dead bird, back before I had a long enough lens for birds. I snapped a shot before I approached, just in case it wasn't dead, and sure enough, as I approached it raised up and stood up, and watched me for a bit before flying off.
Enlarging the shot and examining it now I can see it was facing away from me, lying on its stomach, but over to one side, and the bill tip and eye are just barely visible from my angle.
Just wondering if anyone else has ever witnessed this resting behavior of the Black Skimmer, which from what I read is not unique to this bird, but is very uncommon among birds overall.
Black Skimmer resting
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