Rob's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #OpenBeak.

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#LargeTailedNightjar
#BlackCrownedNightHeron
#RoyalTern
#BlackParadiseFlycatcher

A few photos of a Royal Tern flying around near a fish market in Jamaica. There were loads of egrets, herons & even a Pelican just waiting around for fish scraps.

#RoyalTern
#Jamaica
#R5ii
#BirdPhotography

Photo of a Royal Tern

🐦 Royal Tern detected!

Confidence: 74%
Time: Feb 17, 2026, 9:00 AM EST

#RoyalTern #BirdNET

🔊 Listen: https://app.birdweather.com/detections/5636374657

📷 Photo: Linda Pomerantz Zhang (Unsplash)

Royal tern bottom right among a flock of seagulls.

🎶You can "gull" your own way, you can call it another lonely day🎶
A royal tern turns from the flock.
#Wildlife
#Birds
#Seagulls
#RoyalTern

Royal tern portraits taken at the Dania Beach pier. It's a popular fishing spot, and anglers offer the birds bait fish so they're very acclimated to people.

#birds #birding #birdsfacingforward #daniabeachpier #florida #royaltern #terns

"The royal tern rushes toward you out of a soft, glowing sky, wings stretched wide like pale sails catching a gentle wind. Its body is slightly blurred by motion, giving the sense that it’s slicing through the air with purpose, yet wrapped in a kind of dreamlike hush. The background is a smooth wash of color—faint blue drifting into warm cream—so the bird seems suspended in open space, weightless and unhurried. Its beak is open mid‑call, a tiny flash of orange against the muted sky, and the symmetry of its wings creates a feeling of balance and grace. Even in motion, there’s a softness to the image, as if the moment were cushioned by light. It feels intimate, like the tern is flying straight out of the horizon and into your awareness, carrying a bit of the ocean’s quiet with it." - Microsoft Copilot

Whisper of a Tern

I’ve said before that a photograph doesn’t need to be perfect to be worth enjoying. ...

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A Highness of Royal Terns Taken on Seal Beach California.
#royaltern #birdphotography #photography #oceanbirds

Royal Terns, one begging for food.

#birds
#royaltern
#animalbehaviour
#wildlife

A very aerodynamic Royal Tern in early morning light.
Little St. Simons, GA, 11.09.25
#royaltern #birding #birdingphotography #birdphotography

A Royal Tern sits sideways, facing left atop a charcoal and light gray wooden post in front of a green wave that is about to break and the gray-blue Atlantic Ocean under a light gray sky.

A #RoyalTern on his lofty perch for #posts #birds

Wishing you a lovely #Scape Friday🌊

#BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #birding #photography #photographersofbluesky #Florida

Last Royal Tern photos from Santa Barbara, I promise!

#birds #RoyalTern #santabarbara

I wish I knew what was being said! 🤺

#birds #royaltern

Royal Terns on the beach in Santa Barbara, CA.

Another SB bird photo taken with my phone camera through my monocular lens 🧐

#birds #RoyalTern #santabarbara

Up, up and away.
Royal Tern
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Celebrating the end of summer with wood burns of my favorite shore birds I saw this season!

Upcycled block printed apparel will be listed soon too- Stay tuned!

#pyrography #birdwatching #woodburning #art #birdart #plover #tern #royaltern #etsy #shorebird #beach #birding

"A royal tern slices through the pale sky like a silver arrow mid-release. Its wings are long and slender, outstretched in a wide arc that suggests both precision and ease. The tips of the wings are dark, almost charcoal, contrasting with the soft gray of the upper feathers and the lighter underside. The bird’s body is streamlined—built for speed and distance—with a slight taper toward the tail. Its beak is sharp and pointed, a vivid orange that catches the eye like a flare against the muted backdrop. Just behind the beak, a small dark patch near the eye gives the tern a look of quiet focus, as if it’s scanning the horizon for something only it can see. The plumage is clean and smooth, with no ruffled edges—this is a bird mid-glide, not mid-struggle. The background is light and uncluttered, offering no distractions—just open air and the suggestion of altitude. The tern is captured in motion, but the image feels still, like a held breath. In the bottom right corner, the signature “© Swede’s Photographs” anchors the scene with quiet authorship." - Copilot

Sky Has No Edges

While touring the Savannah River near Savannah, Georgia, I noticed a few royal terns (Thalasseus maximus) ...

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A group of Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) at the Channel Islands.

Photographed in Orange County, CA
October 2021

🛥️🐋 @pacificoffshore

#royaltern #thalasseusmaximus #zoology #ornithology #orangecounty #california #coast #wildlifephotography #canon

A white Royal Tern with an orange beak, black "crown," black legs and feet, and black-tipped wings flies, wings outstretched and tilted to it's right, over the sparking light blue water of the Atlantic Ocean.

For @alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay
a #RoyalTern #InFlight

#EastCoastKin #birdphotography #photography

Royal Tern - Heckscher State Park, Islip, NY.

#royaltern #tern #birds #birdphotography #birdjoy #birdsofbluesky #nature #birding #letsgobirding #BirdsSeenIn2025

"A royal tern slices through the sky like a living arrow—its body sleek and tapered, wings outstretched in a perfect arc of motion. The backdrop is a soft, powdery blue, as if the heavens themselves have been brushed with watercolor. The tern’s plumage gleams white, catching the light like polished porcelain, while a bold black cap crowns its head, giving it a regal, almost ceremonial look. Its beak is a brilliant orange—sharp, vibrant, and unmistakable—like a flame against the cool sky. Each feather along its wings is etched with precision, forming a delicate lattice that speaks of both strength and grace. Suspended in mid-glide, the bird seems to defy gravity, embodying the quiet power and elegance of nature in motion." - Copilot

Royal Tern in the Sky

A few days ago, I shared a story about being aboard a riverboat with laughing gulls trailing behind. ...

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#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #birdwatching #birdphotography #RoyalTern

A photo of a royal tern, a white seabird with black wingtips, legs/feet, and top of head, flying on a light blue sky background. The photo is taken looking up at the bird from below.

These days I'm crying, laughing in order not to cry, or looking at birds

Here's a pretty one for your #featheredfriday

#birds #royaltern #usbirding

Royal Terns doing a little dance together!
#RoyalTern

Test the water with a toe... nope, too cold still.
#RoyalTern

An Elegant Tern soars back to shore in Nuevo Nayarit, still shedding water from its recent plunge in Banderas Bay.

#birds #birdsofmexico #puertovallarta #nuevovallarta #eleganttern #tern #royaltern #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #birdsofbluesky

Royal Tern in a banked turn. I find it pretty difficult to get the exposure right with these birds, they are white on a dark background, and on a sunny day it's a lot of contrast. I like the wave background on this one.
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#birds #royaltern #sonyalpha #photographers

Love is in the air 💕

#RoyalTern #birds

White and gray bird (Royal Tern) standing on the sand with its long beak wide open and tongue sticking out.

This Royal Tern had a lot to say, though exactly what it was, I couldn't tell.
#bird #birdphotography #tern #royaltern #naturephotography