Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Gull-billed Tern

Linking up with Wild Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes and NC Sue Wordless
I hope you can join in and share your wild birds and nature scenes.

For this week's wild bird I am sharing my latest lifer #451, the Gull-billed Tern. Hubby and I took a quickie overnight visit to the Jersey shores. We visited Cape May NJ and one of our favorite wildlife refuges Edwin Forsythe NWR near Atlantic City NJ. My lifer was seen at the wildlife refuge and hubby was the first to spot the Gull-billed Tern.


Hubby was the first to notice this bird's bill. It is a heavier black bill than the small terns. The Gull-billed Tern is considered a scarce coastal species seen in the summer months.



We watched the Tern for a while splishing and splashing in the water.



I hope you enjoyed my latest lifer and wild bird post and photos. Till next week's wild bird post. Join in and post your birdies and to see more beautiful and wonderful bird and nature photos please visit:

 Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday and Michelle's  Nature Notes and NC Sue Wordless

Thanks to all of our hosts. Michelle for Nature Notes and Stewart of Wild Bird Wednesday and Sue for Wordless Wednesday.


  Happy Birding and have a wonderful week!

66 comments:

Seraphinas Phantasie said...

Hi Eileen,
what a wonderful bird ! I like the colors of his feathers. AMAZING !
Best regards, Synnöve

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

Brilliant Eileen to get another lifter nad you also mangaged good shots as well.

Anonymous said...

Hi Eileen, I love these pictures. Congrats on your latest find! Have a nice day.

Indrani said...

Such cute captures. Great entry for the meme.

chica said...

Muito lindo! beijos praianos,chica

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
Nice capture! YAM xx

Stewart M said...

Now thats not something that happens every week - we have a bird in common, although I have not seem one yet this year!

Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

Jeevan said...

Superb captures! Interesting bird found at its nature and unique feature of black cap

Tom said...

Bad hair day? Tom The Backroads Traveller

Unknown said...

Somehow I have a crush on terns :)
Love their weird hairdo :))

Wish you a happy day!
Möwe

Rhonda Albom said...

I have never seen a gull billed tern before, it looks like a fluffy bird.

chasing the sun said...

They are having a bad hair day, lol..So cute! Their head feathers remind me of me with bed hair :-)

NCSue said...

Very nice shot.
Please come link up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/07/variations.html

Nancy Chan said...

This bird loves the water, having fun with the water.

Bethany Carson said...

That's a very neat-looking bird! Congrats on your latest lifer!

Mary Hone said...

He's way neat, great find.

DIMI said...

Hello Eileen!!!
Wow!!What a beautiful bird!I have never seen before!
Wonderful pictures!Amazing shots!!
Have a happy week ahead!
Dimi...

Uppal said...

Great sightings!

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Congrats, Eileen! Wonderful to not only get a lifer, but great pics of said birdie as well.
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Linda W. said...

Nice photos! This bird looks all ruffled up. :)

Michelle said...

I like that fuzzy, first shot!

Jenn Jilks said...

Amazing the birds you find!

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

everyone needs to break down and take a bath now and then. Even we writers have to do it. *wink*

magnoliasntea said...

Lovely shots of the tern, Eileen! I'm always entranced watching any bird bathing. They are so cute and have no idea their feathers are sticking out every which way. :)

Maude Lynn said...

Congratulations on another lifer! You got some fabulous shots.

Silver Parrot said...

Beautiful bird and great photos!

Rohrerbot said...

Congrats Eileen on the sighting. I have yet to see one of these birds and after seeing your pics, I have a clearer idea about what I'm looking for. I always love the combo names....Tern or Gull?:)

21 Wits said...

Wow, that is an amazing bill! Such a sweet face, and it's snowy white feathers with the stark black makes him quite handsome. Great captures out there the water looks so inviting too!

Karen @ Beatrice Euphemie said...

Wonderful shots, Eileen - I always love to see what you have captured in your lens! This one is a beauty!

Sue Seibert said...

Haven't ever seen a gull-billed tern here in Texas, but we do love NJ (Raf grew up there) and Cape May is beautiful!

Claire Justine said...

Aww these look so sweet :)

Lowcarb team member said...

Now you mention it - yes it does have a heavier black bill.

Have a great week.

All the best Jan

betty-NZ said...

He looks so sad when all wet!! Great shots, Eileen!

Debbie said...

a great sighting, good eye by the hubs!!! although it looks like it may have been caught on a bad hair day ;)

Brian King said...

Very nice! I like the heavy bill!

The Yum List said...

That's a fluffy looking bird - it looks like he just got out of bed. ;-)

This N That said...

I used to spend summers in Cape May..actually got married there..That was before I was a shutter bug unfortunately..Cool bird..

Anonymous said...

Hi Eileen, My take on this bird (I never have seen one in person) is that the bill resembles that of a Belted Kingfisher a bit. Glad you have photographed the bird. Have a fantastic Wednesday tomorrow!

Pat Ulrich said...

congrats on the lifer! I don't believe I've ever heard of a gull-billed tern

magiceye said...

Looks like the tern is feeling cold!

Stephanie said...

Wonderfully captured.

GreenComotion said...

This is a beautiful bird, Eileen.
I am glad you got to capture him with you camera, even during seasons when he is scarce.
Have a Beautiful Day!!
Peace :)

Lynne said...

Wonderful Eileen . . . one more LIFER!

Small City Scenes said...

Excellent find and equally excellent shots.
MB

Liz said...

What a lovely bird! I have only seen photos of them!

FANCY the Red Standard Poodle said...

Hi Y'all!

Love watching sea birds! Great photos.

Y'all come on by,
Hawk aka BrownDog

Nancy's Notes said...

Eileen, you always capture the best photographs and this one is another one, what an awesome bird!
Hope you have a great day!
Nancy

Blogoratti said...

Lovely photos, greetings!

Gail said...

How precious.

DeniseinVA said...

I know how excited I get to see a lifer Eileen. Your photos are as always outstanding. Happy day to you :)

The Artful Diva said...

he's a cutie

Ana Freire said...

Wonderful photos, Eileen!...
Great shots!
Passing here, and leaving a kiss, and thanking all your kind words and visits, Eileen!
We will do a pause, in our blog, during the rest of the Summer, here.
But we will be back... in the early October.
All the best! And thanks, once again...
Ana

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on the lifer and such nice shots!

Giga said...

Congratulations to her husband perception. It's great to spot a bird that rarely happens in such a place and period, Regards.

TexWisGirl said...

pretty neat looking!

Mary Howell Cromer said...

If I have ever seen a Tern of any kind, I do not recall, but your images are super great!

Gillian Olson said...

Congratulations on the lifer, and thank you for sharing this interesting bird. Have a great day Eileen.

Lowcarb team member said...

Hi Eileen, I usually comment on your other blog but couldn't leave my comments today... a message came up saying I had to be a member? It's the post with the lovely sculptures, I particularly liked the one of the couple sitting on the bench.

Hope your week is going well.

Take Care

All the best Jan

Montanagirl said...

Hi Eileen! What a great find for you. LOVE Terns!

Pietro Brosio said...

What a beautiful bird! Great shots, Eileen.

Rose said...

Wonderful images! I would hate to get pecked by that bill.

miss-cherry said...

beautiful series of photos.

NatureFootstep said...

lol, that tern looks a bit "wild"

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Great -- a lifer, (one I've never even heard of) and wonderful pictures. Congrats and thanks.

Rambling Woods said...

Nice that you and hubby both love bird watching.. I know that my husband humors me on some of my yard finds as he knows it makes me happy... Michelle

Debra said...

SO cute! Thanks for sharing.

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