#blackskimmers

[swede1952]

Tandem Skimmers in Black and White

This is a couple of black skimmers (Rynchops niger) at Gulfport, Mississippi.

"The oldest recorded Black Skimmer was at least 23 years, 1 month old when it was identified by its band in California in 2013. It had been banded in the same state in 1990." - allaboutbirds.org

I don't post all of the photos that I post here to my Pixels gallery, but I post the photos I like best. Some don't make the cut. I usually wait a couple of days and see how I feel about it then. This photo probably will not make the cut.

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This is the website of Coy Pearson. Shop for canvas prints, framed prints, posters, greeting cards, and more. Retired soldier. I spent abo

[swede1952]

Good morning. ☕☕☕

11 March 2024

I can remember my first cup of coffee. I might have been 16 or so, my cousin was visiting, and he was a few years older than me. We went to a movie in Turlock, California, I think that the movie was" The Graduate," a scandalous movie for the time. After the movie, we stopped at a diner and had coffee. It didn't catch on with me right away. In fact, it took a few years, it is an acquired taste, after all. I think it really took me in the Army as a way to pass the time. I don't smoke, but I did back then, most people did in the Army. A cigarette and a cup of coffee in the morning was the norm … uhg. I eventually dropped the cigarettes, but coffee lives on.

“The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

I took this photo of hundreds of black skimmers flying pass a prominent building near the docks at Gulfport, Mississippi. I played with the light creating a sky of mostly orange, the birds and the building are pale.

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[lizj]

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[lizj]

Up up and away! #blackskimmers #nikonz9 #planetbirds #conserveflorida #wildlifeplanet #audubonflorida #birdsfreaks #bestbirdshots #birdsofinstagram #birds_matter #birds_nature #bird_captures #birds_perfection #birdsonearth #best_bird_shots #best_birds_of_ig #birds_adored #nature_worldwide_birds #total_birds #eye_spy_birds #bird_brilliance #floridawildlife #birds #birdfreaks #best_birds_of_ig #ig_discover_birds #nuts_about_birds #your_best_birds #cornellbirds #01birds #birdinginflorida (at Fort Myers Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChGl30KO9n1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lizj]

Triple precision :-) #blackskimmers #nikonz9 #planetbirds #conserveflorida #wildlifeplanet #audubonflorida #birdsfreaks #bestbirdshots #birdsofinstagram #birds_matter #birds_nature #bird_captures #birds_perfection #birdsonearth #best_bird_shots #best_birds_of_ig #birds_adored #nature_worldwide_birds #total_birds #eye_spy_birds #bird_brilliance #floridawildlife #birds #birdfreaks #best_birds_of_ig #ig_discover_birds #nuts_about_birds #your_best_birds #cornellbirds #01birds #birdinginflorida (at Fort Myers Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChGkBNUONcN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lizj]

Black Skimmer family #blackskimmers #planetbirds #conserveflorida #wildlifeplanet #audubonflorida #birdsfreaks #bestbirdshots #birdsofinstagram #birds_matter #birds_nature #bird_captures #birds_perfection #birdsonearth #best_bird_shots #best_birds_of_ig #birds_adored #nature_worldwide_birds #total_birds #eye_spy_birds #bird_brilliance #floridawildlife #birds #birdfreaks #best_birds_of_ig #ig_discover_birds #nuts_about_birds #your_best_birds #cornellbirds #01birds #birdinginflorida #sonya1 (at Fort Myers Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf-Xmg8rWg9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lizj]

Hungry little black skimmers #blackskimmers #nikonz9 #planetbirds #conserveflorida #wildlifeplanet #audubonflorida #birdsfreaks #bestbirdshots #birdsofinstagram #birds_matter #birds_nature #bird_captures #birds_perfection #birdsonearth #best_bird_shots #best_birds_of_ig #birds_adored #nature_worldwide_birds #total_birds #eye_spy_birds #bird_brilliance #floridawildlife #birds #birdfreaks #best_birds_of_ig #ig_discover_birds #nuts_about_birds #your_best_birds #cornellbirds #01birds #birdinginflorida (at Fort Myers Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf2P83-PQfr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lizj]

And the grooming after 😆 #planetbirds #blackskimmers #conserveflorida #wildlifeplanet #audubonflorida #birdsfreaks #bestbirdshots #birdsofinstagram #birds_matter #birds_nature #bird_captures #birds_perfection #birdsonearth #best_bird_shots #best_birds_of_ig #birds_adored #nature_worldwide_birds #total_birds #eye_spy_birds #bird_brilliance #birds #birdfreaks #best_birds_of_ig #ig_discover_birds #nuts_about_birds #your_best_birds #cornellbirds #01birds #birdinginflorida (at Fort Myers Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfmpX6SPQNm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=