Here are some more images from my second visit to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in NJ on June 24, 2013. It was such a great visit the first time I couldn’t resist going back.
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Red-winged Blackbird
Forster’s Tern
Osprey bringing a fish for it’s chicks
Osprey feeding a fish for it’s chicks
Osprey feeding a fish for it’s chicks
Black Skimmer skimming
Black Skimmer snapping up a very tiny fish
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wild flowers
American Avocet with a couple of Laughing Gull friends
American Avocet with a couple of Laughing Gull friends
Clapper Rail
Clapper Rail with a crab showdown. This Rail was walking in the mud when the crab surprised it. The Rail pecked at it a few times and the crab defended itself. In the end, both went their separate ways. Clapper Rails usually eat crabs but this crab was too large for the Rail to handle.
Fantastic photos. I have never found rails to be out in the open for very long, so those last two photos are special.
Thanks Jet! Yes, Rails are very secretive birds. I was lucky enough to be there at the right time as it was foraging. I only managed to see them in the open only one other time and it was mom with her two babies. The babies were almost grown though. They were bathing in a little stream near where I took the two shown above. I will post them soon.
great image
Thanks Jim!
Nice work!
Thanks!
Beautiful shots! I especially like those of the skimmer in action!
Thank you!
The avocet is so elegant!
Thanks Lori! That was my first time seeing the Avocet. It was so far away though.
Gorgeous shots… Love the gull friends. The flight shots, especially those of the skimmer are wow-some.
Thanks Meredith!
awesome photos Terence…I can see why you would want to return to such a wonderful location! Don’t you love it when the birds, in this case the Avocet stand on one leg…makes for a great photo!
Thanks Heather! The Avocet is such a nice bird. I wish I could have gotten better pics of it.
Great photos! The Black Skimmers are wonderful to watch and photograph. The clapper rail and the crab photo awesome 🙂
Thank you! It’s great watching the Skimmers. The Rail was a lucky shot.
I love your candid actuon shots!
Thanks!
Some great bird shots there!
Thanks!