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These were taken back in June at Nickerson Beach on Long Island, NY. The shadows tell the story of the morning growing late when I took these.
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061816DSC_0517 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr
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061816DSC_0534 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr
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061816DSC_0544 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr
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061816DSC_0552 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr
-5 mom blasts off as a falcon has been spotted
061816DSC_0554 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr
-6 The chicks stay low and the shadows of the flock whizzing overhead are seen in the sand
061816DSC_0559 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr
-7 about 1,000 terns and black skimmers are in flight creating a huge mass of movement for the falcon to deal with
061816DSC_0710 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr
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061816DSC_0730 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr
This behaviour is not intuitive yet with all the birds in the air the falcon has a very hard time locking on a single target. Try and take a flight photo in these conditions and you will quickly see how this works.
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
Edited on Mar 09, 2017 at 06:39 PM · View previous versions
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