Black Skimmers

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p.1 #1 · Black Skimmers

Nickerson Beach on Long Island's South Shore is home to one of the worlds largest Black Skimmer colonies with about 600 mating pairs. They are a rather unusual bird that nests along with Common Terns sometimes side by side. It's quite a site when all of them and the thousands of turns take to the air at once as a defensive move to confuse attackers. In this set I'll share photos of the Black Skimmers in the nesting area and over the Atlantic.

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/1800s 800 ISO +0.3 EV

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/1800s 800 ISO +0.7 EV

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/2400s 800 ISO +0.7 EV

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/3200s 1000 ISO +0.7 EV

Jul 07, 2026 at 07:08 AM

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p.1 #2 · Black Skimmers

Sweet set here Morris. Fine looking blacks and whites, great comp on #3! Love the portrait on #2

Great wing shot #4, #5 is crazy cool and #6 I guess that is what Skimmers do

Karl

Jul 07, 2026 at 08:03 AM

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p.1 #3 · Black Skimmers

Their geometry is just so wild. I saw one in real life for the first time today!

Jul 19, 2026 at 06:28 PM

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p.1 #4 · Black Skimmers

Karl Witt wrote:
Sweet set here Morris. Fine looking blacks and whites, great comp on #3! Love the portrait on #2

Great wing shot #4, #5 is crazy cool and #6 I guess that is what Skimmers do

Karl

Thank you Karl,

Yes skimmers skim to feed :-}

Morris

Jul 19, 2026 at 09:19 PM

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p.1 #5 · Black Skimmers

dfreese wrote:
Their geometry is just so wild. I saw one in real life for the first time today!

Thank you,

Yes they are unusual

Morris

Jul 19, 2026 at 09:19 PM


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