Graceful Royal Tern I
by Dawn Currie
Title
Graceful Royal Tern I
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Wildlife photograph by Dawn Currie. Close-up of a solitary tern soaring high in the clouds. The beautiful detail of it's graceful wings are highlighted against the blue sky. Photographed in Sebastian Inlet State Park, Florida where they gather for the winter months. One of a two part series, it can be ordered and displayed alone or with its coordinating artwork.
A sleek seabird of warm saltwater coasts, the Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) lives up to its regal name with a tangerine-colored bill and ragged, ink-black crest against crisp white plumage. Royal Terns fly gracefully and slowly along coastlines, diving for small fish, which they capture with a swift strike of their daggerlike bills. They are social birds, gathering between fishing expeditions on undisturbed beaches and nesting in dense, boisterous colonies. In late summer and fall, Royal Terns lose most of their black crest and sport a white forehead.
Features on Fine Art America / Pixels:
- FAA Portraits - Birds
- Florida - Art of the Sunshine State
- Pure Nature Photography
- Wildlife
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November 27th, 2020
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