More Fun from Fort De Soto’s North Beach
May 2, 2023 - This one had some Sandwich Terns in it, and finally!... Read more
Sandwich Tern
 | I’m a common tern of Florida’s beaches. You can distinguish me from other terns by my beak – I’m the one with the yellow tip on my bill. Most Likely Found: At the beach When: Year-Round Where I've photographed: Black Skimmer Colonies, Fort De Soto, Sanibel Island Read more: Sandwich Tern at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird: Sandwich Tern eBird range |
I have written 12 posts including a photo of a Sandwich Tern
Bath Time for Shorebirds at Fort De Soto
June 12, 2019 - Common Tern Sandwich Tern Joint Take-Off Tiny Sanderlings scurried along the edge of the waves, searching the sand for breakfast.... Read more
Sandwich Tern Gives Fish to Wrong Mate!
May 31, 2019 - I focused mostly on the Sandwich Terns because I don't have many images of their courtship rituals.... (or the ones that sometimes follow if the fish is particularly yummy) After so many happy hours photographing Least Tern courtship, it struck me that the Sandwich Terns find much bigger fish!... Read more
Seashells and Shorebirds at Sanibel Beach
May 5, 2019 - Shorebirds in Flight - Least Terns, Royal Terns, Sandwich Terns, and a Laughing Gull Least Tern courtship is all about the fish.... Read more
Juvenile Shorebirds from Last Summer
February 13, 2014 - The birds above are Sandwich Terns.... This Royal Tern parent was about as sympathetic to her desperate offspring as the Sandwich Tern.... Read more
Sunset at Fort De Soto’s North Beach
September 8, 2013 - I was happy to find the beach deserted except for dozens of Sandwich Terns and Royal Terns.... Read more
Alone in the Crowd
September 18, 2012 - The Sandwich Terns at North Beach made me laugh.... Read more
Flying Sandwiches
September 7, 2012 - ...I really enjoyed my Labor Day morning at Fort De Soto this past weekend. When I arrived at North Beach just after sunrise, I found the beach covered in terns. It was funny how the photographers walked right past Big Red to instead focus on the masses of terns. I practiced a lot of panning […] Read more
Early Fall Migrants at Fort De Soto
July 24, 2011 - I think the Royal Terns were the most plentiful, followed by the Sandwich Terns. They are hard to identify at this time of year because they are starting to molt into their basic plumage, and because there are a lot of first-year birds in their juvenal plumage.... Read more
My First Trip to Fort De Soto
September 4, 2010 - Royal Tern Sandwich Tern Sandwich Tern When I was a kid, we had a joke in our family that we went to the beach to visit Pete the Pelican. How did we know which pelican was Pete? Why, he was the one out in front, of course! (My grandfather is…... Read more