{"id":6611,"date":"2012-11-19T04:01:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T10:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6611"},"modified":"2025-09-18T18:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:02:33","slug":"black-skimmer-flying-on-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/19\/black-skimmer-flying-on-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Skimmer flying on over&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-156728 size-full\" title=\"Black Skimmer fly by over the Gulf of Mexico, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-skimmer-flight-adult-mia-mcpherson-7121.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-skimmer-flight-adult-mia-mcpherson-7121.jpg\" alt=\"Black Skimmer fly by over the Gulf of Mexico, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" width=\"850\" height=\"531\" data-id=\"10857\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27531%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20531%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27531%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-skimmer-flight-adult-mia-mcpherson-7121-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-skimmer-flight-adult-mia-mcpherson-7121-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-skimmer-flight-adult-mia-mcpherson-7121-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-skimmer-flight-adult-mia-mcpherson-7121-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/black-skimmer-flight-adult-mia-mcpherson-7121.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Adult Black Skimmer in flight &#8211; Nikon D200, handheld, f5.6, 1\/750, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 240mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sorry for this being just a single image but I&#8217;m tired from writing a very long post I published yesterday on <a title=\"Image Thieves \u2013 Copyright Violations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/18\/image-thieves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Image Thieves &#8211; Copyright Violations<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I took this photo in Florida in 2008 as the adult Black Skimmer flew by whilst giving me &#8220;the eye&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t the color of the Gulf of Mexico behind the bird simply delicious?<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/black-skimmer-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Black Skimmer photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took this photo in Florida in 2008 as the adult Black Skimmer flew by whilst giving me &#8220;the eye&#8221;. 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