More Black Skimmers

Paul A · 20th of June 2005 (Mon)

The Black Skimmer is an unusual bird, it has a split bill that it ususes to skim the surface of the water, they are the size of a large sea gull, they're a lot of fun to watch feeding. These pics aren't the greatest but anyway here they are.

cfcRebel · 20th of June 2005 (Mon)

Wow, interesting bird! That's a long skim in #1. They must have strong neck musles and jaw muscles.

LazyPhotographer · 20th of June 2005 (Mon)

Cool! I saw my first 2 weekends ago... I couldn't even get a focus on it, they move pretty quick.

ngannet · 20th of June 2005 (Mon)

Nice shots of one of my favorite birds!!! Good skimming action too, always thrilling watching them in flight. I see them often when I go to my parents shore house. Sometimes I'll see them over the bay well into night feeding like that. On the ground, they look somewhat awkward, very long tails, short legs, super long bills, awesome bird!

witchy · 20th of June 2005 (Mon)

I have never seen or heard of this bird before, great shots!

Paul A · 21st of June 2005 (Tue)

Thanks for the comments, they are very cool birds.

20th of June 2005 (Mon)	#2
cfcRebel Cream of the Crop Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 10,249	Re: More Black Skimmers Wow, interesting bird! That's a long skim in #1. They must have strong neck musles and jaw muscles. __________________ Fee Canon \| SIGMA \| TAMRON \| Kenko \| Amvona

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LazyPhotographer Goldmember Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 3,163	Re: More Black Skimmers Cool! I saw my first 2 weekends ago... I couldn't even get a focus on it, they move pretty quick. __________________ LazyPhotographer: One who uses a telephoto lens to shoot pictures out the car window or from a balcony. No Bird Posts Left Behind, dammit!

20th of June 2005 (Mon)	#4
ngannet Goldmember Join Date: May 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 3,164 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: More Black Skimmers Nice shots of one of my favorite birds!!! Good skimming action too, always thrilling watching them in flight. I see them often when I go to my parents shore house. Sometimes I'll see them over the bay well into night feeding like that. On the ground, they look somewhat awkward, very long tails, short legs, super long bills, awesome bird!

20th of June 2005 (Mon)	#5
witchy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Western Australia Posts: 1,516 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: More Black Skimmers I have never seen or heard of this bird before, great shots!

21st of June 2005 (Tue)	#6
Paul A Cream of the Crop Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: California Posts: 5,040 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: More Black Skimmers Thanks for the comments, they are very cool birds. __________________ GearList Face Book Page My Smugmug Page Photography is my only pathological addiction; hopefully it won't drive me to something worse.

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