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Surfron was in town and Friday morning we had planed a shoot at Nickerson Beach for months. The forecast was rain all day yet looking at the radar/satellite image the night before it appeared to me that the cold front that was forecast to stall over NYC had started to move. We agreed to check with each other in the morning and decide if we head out to the beach or meet up for breakfast. It was still raining when we woke up yet the front had mostly cleared the area. We waited for the rain to stop and then drove to the beach. This resulted in our driving back into the storm and waited it out which took about 30 minutes in the parking lot providing a great time to chat.

The dark skies created an unusual background and I used it for this set of photos of the skimmers in the air. There are two family groupings containing about 500 each. 1000 birds in the air all around you is quite a sight and sound.

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082115DSC_4761 by Morris Altman, on Flickr

D300 + Sigma 150-600 Sport @ 600mm, ISO 400, 1/250, f8, fill flash (Metz 64)

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082115DSC_4764B by Morris Altman, on Flickr

D300 + Sigma 150-600 Sport @ 600mm, ISO 400, 1/250, f8, fill flash (Metz 64)

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082115DSC_4765B by Morris Altman, on Flickr

D300 + Sigma 150-600 Sport @ 600mm, ISO 400, 1/250, f8, fill flash (Metz 64)

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082115DSC_4771 by Morris Altman, on Flickr

D300 + Sigma 150-600 Sport @ 150mm, ISO 400, 1/250, f8, fill flash (Metz 64)

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082115DSC_4788 by Morris Altman, on Flickr

D300 + Sigma 150-600 Sport @ 600mm, ISO 400, 1/250, f8, fill flash (Metz 64)

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082115DSC_4775 by Morris Altman, on Flickr

D300 + Sigma 150-600 Sport @ 600mm, ISO 400, 1/250, f8, fill flash (Metz 64)

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris



Aug 23, 2015 at 09:50 AM
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Nice series, sort of the chaos of birds in flight. I like #3, 5 and 6 the best.
Brian



Aug 23, 2015 at 03:10 PM
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Wow, I've never seen so many skimmers together. Must have been quite a sight, thank you for sharing these, Morris.

Jim



Aug 23, 2015 at 04:27 PM
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Very nice shots Morris!

Love 2 and 3.

Birdie



Aug 23, 2015 at 06:47 PM
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It was great meeting you Morris, and the day turned out to be great too. We didn't get home until about 11PM last night, and I am d/ling the day's shoot as I type, so I don't know how well I did yet.
Your shots are very well done and typical of what we saw off and on throughout the shoot. I do hope we get a chance to shoot together again, and maybe the others will be able to join us if the weather is good ~ Ron



Aug 23, 2015 at 07:08 PM
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Nice set of skimmers Morris. I like #2 because they fly towards the viewer. I'm glad you got to meet Ron, he's a hilarious guy.


Aug 23, 2015 at 07:19 PM
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Great set, Morris. Number three for me.

Jim



Aug 23, 2015 at 09:25 PM
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Brian Woolf wrote:
Nice series, sort of the chaos of birds in flight. I like #3, 5 and 6 the best.
Brian


Thank you Brian,
I love the chaos of flocks in the air

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jfwoodman wrote:
Wow, I've never seen so many skimmers together. Must have been quite a sight, thank you for sharing these, Morris.

Jim


It is my pleasure to share these Jim. I absolutely love to watch the blastoff of the skimmers. There are even more terns and they plast off as well creating another special site

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birdied wrote:
Very nice shots Morris!

Love 2 and 3.

Birdie


Thank you Roberta

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surfnron wrote:
It was great meeting you Morris, and the day turned out to be great too. We didn't get home until about 11PM last night, and I am d/ling the day's shoot as I type, so I don't know how well I did yet.
Your shots are very well done and typical of what we saw off and on throughout the shoot. I do hope we get a chance to shoot together again, and maybe the others will be able to join us if the weather is good ~ Ron


It was a wonderful time on the beach and I also wish to shoot together again and having others join us would be great. Now you see why I love this place.

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Herb Houghton wrote:
Nice set of skimmers Morris. I like #2 because they fly towards the viewer. I'm glad you got to meet Ron, he's a hilarious guy.


Thank you Herb,
Yes Ron has a great sense of humor and is a real nice guy.

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canadajim wrote:
Great set, Morris. Number three for me.

Jim


Thank you Jim

Morris



Aug 24, 2015 at 04:55 PM
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Beautiful Lighting Morris!
I see a few of them have their dinner...or at least an appetizer.
Fred



Aug 24, 2015 at 05:01 PM
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That's a lot of skimmers indeed. Nicely shown!
Don



Aug 24, 2015 at 10:41 PM
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That's what I call a lot of skimmers! Great series, Morris. 3, 5 & 6 are my picks of this series.


Aug 25, 2015 at 04:01 AM
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fdevyatkin wrote:
Beautiful Lighting Morris!
I see a few of them have their dinner...or at least an appetizer.
Fred


Thank you Fred,
Yes they've been out fishing and will feed the young and them selves

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DonGut wrote:
That's a lot of skimmers indeed. Nicely shown!
Don


Thank you Don,
Just think that you are only seeing a slice into the sky which is full of them

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Lance B wrote:
That's what I call a lot of skimmers! Great series, Morris. 3, 5 & 6 are my picks of this series.


Thank you Lance,
Yes there are about 1,000 of them in the colony, 2 family groups of about 500 each.

Morris



Aug 25, 2015 at 07:39 PM
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Such a great place to shoot, beauties Morris!!


Aug 26, 2015 at 03:24 AM
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raymondjbarlow wrote:
Such a great place to shoot, beauties Morris!!


Thank you Ray,

I only found out about Nickerson a few years ago and I've gone regularly since

Morris



Aug 26, 2015 at 06:26 PM
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morris wrote:
Thank you Ray,

I only found out about Nickerson a few years ago and I've gone regularly since

Morris


You are lucky to live so close to one of natures pure wonderlands!



Aug 27, 2015 at 10:32 AM
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Isaac Grant wrote:
For what it is worth, there are many places in the New York metro area that have skimmer and tern colonies. Nickerson is the one most visited by birders and especially photographers but it is by no means the only place these birds nest. It is certainly a great place to go and photograph these birds. They are close to the parking lot and easy to see and photograph there.


This is true Isaac yet my reason for going to Nickerson this day was to meet Ray, the birds and super enviroment was an added bonus.

Morris



Aug 27, 2015 at 07:35 PM
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Herb Houghton wrote:
Nice set of skimmers Morris. I like #2 because they fly towards the viewer. I'm glad you got to meet Ron, he's a hilarious guy.



+1 and +1




Aug 27, 2015 at 07:37 PM
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Nice shots Morris, enjoyed viewing. Carolyn


Aug 30, 2015 at 12:44 AM
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Very nice series morris


Aug 30, 2015 at 04:31 AM
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Great set; they all offer something different.

Refreshing to see these birds far away since we get so many closeups, albeit excellent closeups.



Aug 30, 2015 at 05:25 AM
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