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Another migratory flyby during Spring migration in Kuwait 2011
Flying along coast, just offshore
Hunting over the coastal shallows.
Hunting over the sea, close inshore.
Coastal marshes.
These agile sterns take huge dives to accurately catch fish.
Hunting over sea by coast.
Though little can be seen the thin black bill with yellow tip is a giveaway.
Almost missed amongst a flock of Black-headed Gulls
It was after sunset, the light was bad.
This sandwich tern was spotted amongst a group of gulls, skimmers, and other ...
Striking white tern with black on the head. The beak is black with a yellow ...
Watched these for about half an hour in the evening, plunge-diving for food - ...
These birds fly along the coast, just offshore, looking for food in the surf. ...
Notice the pink glow this Sandwich Tern gets during breeding season. Pic ...
Hunting over the sea, close to the shore from about 20' (6 metres) or so they ...
Saw this bird in the distance, hunting along the seashore.
Smaller than a Royal Tern. Black bill that looks like like the tip was dipped ...
Rare here even in summer when a few are found a little further south near ...
Black bill with yellow tip is diagnostic, along with it's habit of plunging ...
The sandwich tern is a medium sized tern. It has black legs and feet. Its ...
A bird of marine coasts of the southeastern United States and the Caribbean, ...
The Sandwich Tern is a medium-large tern with grey upperparts, white ...