One Good Tern Deserves Another

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Michael

During our vacation at Indian Rocks Beach in October, I met up with Mike Godwin and Sally Tomlinson for some shooting at Fort DeSoto. The morning started out a little slow, but eventually we found our way to the end of North Beach where there was a huge flock of terns and skimmers loafing at the water’s edge. The terns still had young mouths to feed, so they were constantly bringing in the fresh catch of the day for the hungry teenagers. The wind and sun were properly aligned so that we were able to sit in the sand at a respectable distance from the flock and capture flight shots as they came in with breakfast. It was a lot of fun and almost like shooting fish in a barrel…or maybe shooting terns on the beach.