Sterna paradisaea

Tá excelente para identificar a espécie (especialmente porque se vêem as primárias exteriores translúcidas).

1 abraço,
Gonçalo

Uma outra forma de as distinguir das Sterna hirundo que nao vem nos manuais e' - se picar muito no miolo, e' hirundo, se picar pouco ou nada, e' paradisaea...

Falando em hirundo, aqui vai uma


(e sem pretensoes fotograficas, acho piada as fotos, e' so', foram tiradas com uma digital de bolso e nao se comparam - nem tentam comparar! - aos primores tecnicos de outras nesta galeria)

Love the first shot Pedro, very artistic composition. It is difficult to expose correctly for these birds under such harsh light.

Colin

Cheers Colin!

You are right about the light, far from decent, but I like the record of the dive bombing. A fellow birder and photographer who was on a different island would get up at 5am to capture the nice soft dawn light. I'm more into drawing them than taking shots. Still I felt this one was worth showing, for the unusual angle... (ah!, it is all fun and games until you are covered with guano...)

Best,
Pedro