Sandwich Terns – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Immature Sandwich Tern In Flight

By Mia McPherson|July 18th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Sandwich Terns|Tags: coastal, flight, flying, Gulf Coast, immature, Sandwich Tern, sky, summer, tern, terns, Thalasseus sandvicensis, young|

I processed an older image of a juvenile Sandwich Tern in flight from my Florida archives to post this morning.

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Sandwich Tern And A Pastel Sky

By Mia McPherson|October 11th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Sandwich Terns|Tags: adult, bird photography, flight, flying, nature photography, Passerculus sandwichensis, pastel sky, Sandwich Tern|

I have tons of images I haven't processed and last week while searching for a Royal Tern to post I came across this Sandwich Tern I had taken in Florida in 2009.

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A Morning Spent At Fort De Soto Six Years Ago Today

By Mia McPherson|September 4th, 2014|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Piping Plovers, Sandwich Terns, Semipalmated Plovers, Wood Storks|Tags: American Oystercatcher, beach, bird photography, Black Skimmer, Charadrius melodus, Charadrius semipalmatus, Gulf of Mexico, Haematopus palliatus, juvenile, Mycteria americana, oystercatcher, oystercatchers, Passerculus sandwichensis, Piping Plover, plover, plovers, Rynchops niger, Sandwich Tern, Semipalmated Plover, shore, skimmer, skimmers, stork, storks, tern, terns, water, waves, Wood Stork|

Six years ago this morning I was photographing birds at Fort De Soto County Park and I wanted to share a few images and memories of that day.

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Displaying Sandwich Terns In Low Light

By Mia McPherson|November 13th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Sandwich Terns|Tags: adult, beach, bird photography, coastal island, displaying, Gulf of Mexico, low light, nonbreeding, Pinellas County, sand, tern, terns, Thalasseus sandvicensis, water|

These Sandwich Terns were courting early one morning at Fort De Soto's north beach and even though the light wasn't "sweet" I felt their courtship behavior was interesting.

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Sandwich Terns – Love Is In The Air

By Mia McPherson|February 14th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Sandwich Terns|Tags: adult, bird photography, breeding, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, mating, mating display, nature, Pinellas County, Sandwich Tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis, wildlife, wildlife photography|

I can recall clearly the day I took this photograph of Sandwich Terns mating. I was sitting very low in a tidal lagoon on the north beach of Fort De Soto County Park in Florida.

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Sandwich Tern In Flight With Prey

By Mia McPherson|October 12th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Sandwich Terns|Tags: adult, baitfish, bird photographer, flight, flying, Gulf of Mexico, Pinellas County, prey, Sandwich Tern, spring, tern, terns, Thalasseus sandvicensis|

This image Sandwich Tern was taken at Fort De Soto County Park's north beach several years ago, it was a breezy, very warm day and there were schools of baitfish running just offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.

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