Black Skimmer Images, Facts and Information:
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- Black Skimmers are large, black and white waterbirds with short red legs, red and black bills with the top being shorter and have long pointed wings.
- Some Black Skimmer populations are nonmigratory and some are migratory.
- Black Skimmers are coastal and prefer sandy or gravel beaches, estuaries, bays and salt marshes.
- Black Skimmers eat fish and shrimp that are near the surface of the water and when their bills touch the prey their bills snap shut quickly.
- Black Skimmers lay 4 to 5 eggs which hatch in 21 to 23 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous colonial nesters.
- A group of skimmers can be called a “scoop” of skimmers.
- Black Skimmers can live up to 20 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Black Skimmer photos.
Multicolored sunrise with Black Skimmers at Fort De Soto
Title: Multicolored sunrise with Black Skimmers at Fort De Soto
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/16/2008
Black Skimmer on a September morning
Title: Black Skimmer on a September morning
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/14/2008
Black Skimmer early morning flight
Title: Black Skimmer early morning flight
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/14/2008
Sunrise Skimmers
Title: Sunrise Skimmers
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/12/2008
Black Skimmer flying in the wind
Title: Black Skimmer flying in the wind
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/12/2008
Skimmers, waves, wind and Egmont Key
Title: Skimmers, waves, wind and Egmont Key
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/12/2008
Skimmer skimming the Gulf coast of Florida
Title: Skimmer skimming the Gulf coast of Florida
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/4/2008
Black Skimmer juvenile at first light
Title: Black Skimmer juvenile at first light
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/4/2008
Juvenile Black Skimmer scurrying up the shoreline
Title: Juvenile Black Skimmer scurrying up the shoreline
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/4/2008
Black Skimmer skimming along north beach
Title: Black Skimmer skimming along north beach
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/4/2008
Juvenile Black Skimmer landing on the Gulf shore
Title: Juvenile Black Skimmer landing on the Gulf shore
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 9/1/2008
Skimmer in early morning light
Title: Skimmer in early morning light
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 8/28/2008
Black Skimmer fly by
Title: Black Skimmer fly by
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 8/28/2008
Adult Skimmer calling
Title: Adult Skimmer calling
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 8/24/2008
Adult and juvenile Black Skimmers
Title: Adult and juvenile Black Skimmers
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 8/24/2008
Black Skimmer juvenile creeping past
Title: Black Skimmer juvenile creeping past
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 8/24/2008
Juvenile Black Skimmer stretching
Title: Juvenile Black Skimmer stretching
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 8/24/2008
Resting juvenile Skimmer
Title: Resting juvenile Skimmer
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 8/24/2008
Alert Black Skimmer juvenile
Title: Alert Black Skimmer juvenile
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 8/24/2008
Juvenile and adult Black Skimmers
Title: Juvenile and adult Black Skimmers
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 8/24/2008