{"id":16093,"date":"2014-10-11T04:12:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T10:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=16093"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:19:09","slug":"sandwich-tern-and-a-pastel-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/10\/11\/sandwich-tern-and-a-pastel-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandwich Tern And A Pastel Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SandwichSandwich Tern and a pastel sky – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/800, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 310mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I have tons of images I haven’t processed and last week while searching for a Royal Tern<\/span><\/a> to post I came across this Sandwich Tern I had taken in Florida in 2009.<\/p>\n

Quite often while I lived in Florida I practiced my flight shot skills by photographing the\u00a0gulls and terns\u00a0at Fort De Soto’s north beach because they were plentiful and they\u00a0were in flight a lot.<\/p>\n

When the bait fish were running just off the shore there could be hundreds of gulls, terns, and pelicans in a feeding frenzy and that made for loads of flight shots and quick action.<\/p>\n

And they are beautifully graceful too.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Sandwich Tern photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,25,704,2000,1860],"tags":[4004,4021,4052,4122,4035,4194,2694,1861],"class_list":["post-16093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","category-sandwich-terns","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-nature-photography","tag-passerculus-sandwichensis","tag-pastel-sky","tag-sandwich-tern"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t