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.
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Morris
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X-H2SXF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens500mmf/5.61/1800s800 ISO+0.3 EV
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X-H2SXF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens500mmf/5.61/1800s800 ISO+0.7 EV
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X-H2SXF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens500mmf/5.61/2400s800 ISO+0.7 EV
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X-H2SXF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens500mmf/5.61/2400s800 ISO+0.7 EV
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X-H2SXF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens500mmf/5.61/3200s1000 ISO+0.7 EV
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X-H2SXF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens500mmf/5.61/3200s1000 ISO+0.7 EV
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
Great wing shot #4, #5 is crazy cool and #6 I guess that is what Skimmers do
