well i tried

jwear

i wanted to get terns with fish in the mouth :cry but someone warned the birds

Skippy

jwear wrote:

i wanted to get terns with fish in the mouth :cry but someone warned the birds

Maybe he's a Tossa ?? did he get it again after he dropped it ???

Great shot ...... Skippy (Australia)

wolfies

Sweet isn’t he flipping it to eat it?

And these guys are hard to keep in focus they are fast and move in strange directions great picture

ginger_55

Well trained bird, Jeff!

And great shot!

ginger

georgiaangel24

Wonderful capture, caught him in mid catch.

jwear

this is what i have learned in the last few attempts with the terns -- If you get one that is close -then you see him get a fish [and it is bigger ]if the dive[and capture ] does not kill the fish --then oh yea and the sky is not full of stealling fish terns then it will flip the fish or drop the fish and 90% of the time catch the fish --my best guess from observation is this action is to kill the fish and making the trip home easier --look at his tail the way they use the feathers [all of them] to control flight is something .If anyone has a better idea or knows for sure about this action please jump in

Osprey Whisperer

Well done Jeff...nice capture. Now..I'd love to see the fish bite the bird, back..when they flip them. Now that would be a shot.

jwear

Skippy wrote:

Maybe he's a Tossa ?? did he get it again after he dropped it ???

Great shot ...... Skippy (Australia)

oh yea it was a flip and carry --new breed --tossa tern -- this one did the flip but some drop and catch thanks skippy

Harryb

Stupendous shot Jeff.

You photography ha simproved so much over the last year. Simply amazing.

kdog

Super capture, Jeff. thumb

Regards,
-joel

Dick on Aruba

Great capture Jeff, well done.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

bfjr

"Well I Tried"

Yes you did !!

jwear

Harryb wrote:

Stupendous shot Jeff.

You photography ha simproved so much over the last year. Simply amazing.

you know old man you type has bad as i do now if i can just take pictures as well as you do let's see now who was that you told me to take a class with mmmm no mmm oh yea Ron ---Ron Reznick yea that's the one same as Ben and he ain't bad either :uhoh what was that oh yea 5000 post to prove it if any of you find Harry's Ben's or my shots [i put us in the order ] good --order Rons dvd thanks Harry very much it is not work when you is having this much fun

jwear

ginger_55 wrote:

Well trained bird, Jeff!

And great shot!

ginger

i told you before take $$$ or fish and they will do anything ok you got that camera back lets get going --:D thanks G I think i have 6 different birds doing the flip now but only 4000 posts :cry :cry :cry

jwear

wolfies wrote:

Sweet isn’t he flipping it to eat it?

And these guys are hard to keep in focus they are fast and move in strange directions great picture

thank you but it is mating season so it is catch and carry thanks for commenting

jwear

georgiaangel24 wrote:

Wonderful capture, caught him in mid catch.

thanks I am just a little proud of this one well maybe just a bit more than that

jwear

joel ben dick thanks guys this was a shot that makes you cross your fingers -legs ,arms ect that it will show up in the computer and look like what you saw in that little window and that does make it hard to drive:uhoh