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This black skimmer flies from right to left, its left side is visible. The bird's long thick black and orange beak is open with the black tip of the longer, lower mandible cutting through the water below. The bird's feathers from this angle are mostly white. There is a black patch on the upper half of its head that leaves its black left eye almost invisible. The top of its wings and body are black and it has a short white tail. Its short legs and webbed feet are orange, but the talons on its toes are black. "A medium-sized tern like seabird with very long wings and an outsized bill in which the lower mandible is much longer than the upper. Starkly black above and white below, with black-and-red bill and orange-red legs. Juveniles are brownish above, with pale-edged wing covert feathers." - allaboutbirds.org

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    Swede’s Photographs (swede1952@universeodon.com)'s status on Monday, 04-Dec-2023 14:14:49 JST Swede’s Photographs Swede’s Photographs

    Skimmers will skim.

    Here's another photo of a black skimmer (Rynchops niger) skimming along the shallow for food. The bird looks like it doesn't have eyes, but a closer look reveals a black eye among the black feathers. It makes me think a bit about blind creatures in a sci-fi movie who hunt by sound.

    I took this photograph at Gulfport, Mississippi.

    "Although the Black Skimmer is active throughout the day, it is largely crepuscular (active in the dawn and dusk) and even nocturnal. Its use of touch to catch fish lets it be successful in low light or darkness." - allaboutbirds.org

    #photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #bird #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #BlackSkimmer

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