My First Bike Ride at LAWD
April 2, 2021 - Along Welland, a small flock of Caspian Terns was hanging out on the road.... Read more
Caspian Tern
 | Of all of Florida’s terns, I’m the one who has the reddest beak. I can be found in Florida year-round, and not just by the ocean. I hang out near fresh water, too, and your best bet to find me is to watch for me to fly by. Most Likely Found: At the beach, In a pond, In the marsh When: Year-Round Where I've photographed: Circle B Bar Reserve, Lake Apopka, Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands, Orlando Wetlands, Viera Wetlands Read more: Caspian Tern at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird: Caspian Tern eBird range |
I have written 16 posts including a photo of a Caspian Tern
Signs of Spring at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
March 24, 2019 - A small flock of Caspian Terns was hanging out on Interceptor Road.... Read more
Winter Birds Returning to Orlando Wetlands Park
November 4, 2016 - As we turned back at the end of the morning, we noticed a pair of Caspian Terns flying overhead.... Read more
January Field Trip – Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands
January 12, 2015 - Caspian Terns are pretty common at the Outfall Wetlands.... Read more
Lakeland Christmas Bird Count 2014
December 21, 2014 - We found lots of Caspian Terns and Laughing Gulls.... The Caspian Terns have bright orange, almost reddish, beaks, which distinguish them from similar terns.... Read more
Lakeland Christmas Bird Count 2013 – I Found Pelicans!
December 22, 2013 - I was surprised by the dozens of Caspian Terns that we found in the wetlands.... Read more
Easter Sunrise at the Circle B Bar Reserve
April 5, 2013 - This year it was a flock of Caspian Terns, mixed with more Black Skimmers.... I often see single Caspian Terns at Circle B, but I've never seen a group like this.... Read more
Frogs for Breakfast at Viera Wetlands
December 5, 2011 - Caspian Terns were perched on palms throughout the wetlands.... Read more
Birds Posing on Palms at Viera Wetlands
November 22, 2011 - I noticed terns flying overhead several times, but I didn't see them well enough to identify them. Then I noticed two Caspian Terns preening on palm stumps. I like the "peek-a-boo" look of this guy...... Read more
Early Migrants at the Circle B Bar Reserve
September 12, 2011 - You know that the hot summer is coming to a close at the Circle B Bar Reserve when you start seeing the first Pied-Billed Grebes on the Wading Bird Way trail. Although grebes are year-round residents in Polk, I don't seem to see them until the very end of summer. …... Read more
Photographers Flock Back to Circle B Bar Reserve
September 4, 2011 - The temperatures were a bit cooler at the Circle B Bar Reserve this morning, and the photographers and the migrant birds alike have begun to return to the reserve. Dyeyo and I hiked the Marsh Rabbit Run trail, Wading Bird Way trail, and Alligator Alley trail this morning in search…... Read more
Frogs and Snakes for Breakfast at the Circle B Bar Reserve
March 4, 2011 - Carolina Wren The Wading Bird Way trail is relatively quiet, now that the American White Pelicans and a lot of the ducks have departed. I spotted a Caspian Tern sitting on the path, so I tried to get closer to take his picture. Except the bird didn't like me getting…... Read more
Skies Filled with Birds at the Circle B Bar Reserve
November 28, 2010 - I don't recall seeing these birds before (if I did last year, I didn't know what they were.) Northern Shovelers I spotted several terns flying overhead, including what I think was a Royal Tern, and several Caspian Terns like this one.... Caspian Tern American Coots dominated the bird scene on…... Read more
A New Place to Explore: Viera Wetlands
November 26, 2010 - I think he's a Caspian Tern, but my tern identification skills need practice!... Caspian Tern As we left the wetlands, we saw an American Kestrel on an electric line right outside the water treatment facility.... Read more
Quiet morning at the Circle B Bar Reserve
September 18, 2010 - Double-Crested Cormorant Double-Crested Cormorant The only interesting migrant bird I saw on Heron Hideout this morning was a Caspian Tern.... Caspian Tern There were plenty of heron, egret, and anhinga flyovers too.... There were the roosting Wood Storks, another Caspian Tern fly-by, and what I believe was a Magnolia Warbler…... Read more
More Migrants at the Circle B Bar Reserve
August 29, 2010 - This juvenile Little Blue Heron watched me watching him by Lake Hancock. I had to use some fill flash. It's fun to apply the techniques that I'm learning as I read Arthur Morris's books on bird photography. Juvenile Little Blue Heron I stood for a few minutes watching the fly-bys…... Read more