In the same murky dawn light as I found the Gannets in on Saturday, ahead of Hurricane Sandy, in Cape May New Jersey, there were terns fishing. The Gannets in-close were a surprise, but, of course, I expect the terns in Cape May.

These are Forester’s Terns, as were most of the terns fishing along the beach that morning. Despite the dim light I was practicing with the Sports Mode on the Canon SX50HS. I really need to find some birds in flight in decent light to see how it really works. (I will be in New Mexico at Bosque del Apache NWR next month. Maybe there 🙂

Canon SX50HS. Sports Mode. 1200mm equivalent field of view. f6.5 @ 1/640th @ ISO 800.

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