{"id":56623,"date":"2019-03-15T05:40:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T11:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=56623"},"modified":"2025-09-18T06:15:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:15:23","slug":"royal-tern-splashing-and-bathing-in-a-florida-lagoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/03\/15\/royal-tern-splashing-and-bathing-in-a-florida-lagoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Tern Splashing And Bathing In A Florida Lagoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RoyalRoyal Tern splashing and bathing – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This image of a splashing and bathing Royal Tern in a Florida lagoon was taken nearly ten years ago and I’d never processed it until today. I can recall laying partially in the water and partially in the wet sand at the edge of the lagoon to take this photo to obtain the lowest angle possible. I like the flying water droplets, the eye contact with the tern and the little wavelet in front of the tern’s body.<\/p>\n

This is the time of the year when these large terns are in their breeding plumage and they are looking for mates for the breeding season.<\/p>\n

I’ll be blunt this morning, I had more that I wanted to write about this photo and Royal Terns in general but when I woke this morning and saw the news about the attacks on the mosques in New Zealand I knew I just didn’t have it in me to write more. I’ve been to Christchurch, met wonderful people there and I truly can’t imagine the horror they are dealing with.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This image of a splashing and bathing Royal Tern in a Florida lagoon was taken nearly ten years ago and I’d never processed it until today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[27,25,704,2000,407],"tags":[4004,4373,4053,5132,3997,4376,2688,2090,629,4267,3996,5110],"class_list":["post-56623","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-royal-terns","tag-adult","tag-bathing","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-coastal","tag-lagoon","tag-royal-tern","tag-splashing","tag-tern","tag-terns","tag-thalasseus-maximus","tag-water","tag-water-droplets"],"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