Royal Terns and rocky shorebirds

[AndyB]

Went for a walk on the beach last night and got distracted from my quest to video Black Turnstones and Surfbirds by a large gull flock. A noisy group of Royal Terns soon settled in the flock and I managed some video that I posted here (http://surfbirds.com/video2/view_video.php?viewkey=799aaa845e1c2e8a762b). I have some footage of Heerman's Gulls that I will post soon in the video section but here's some videograbs of the terns. The sun was setting and gave the birds a nice warm glow as they settled down. Would make a nice watercolor subject.

[Nighthawk]

Beautiful video as well as photos LABirder, I don't think I've ever seen Terns so quiet, obviously evening that does it. I really miss ours at this time of year, birds with such great character.

Thanks for the chance to see both.

[AndyB]

Thanks Nighthawk. I'm going to post some Black Turnstone footage in a moment - from the same evening.