Beach Patrol in New Zealand yields a colour ringed Tara Nui or as we'd say in the US a color banded Caspian Tern. Must figure out who is marking these birds, this is clearly a hatch year bird that did not make it.
Breaking in the New [Tern] Lens by Ingrid Taylar yields a resighting of a marked Caspian Tern
http://www.thefreequark.com/2012/05/breaking-in-the-new-tern-lens/
Her blog post has some exceptional photos of Caspian Terns and I am especially impressed with the large salmonid
and the angle of this tern in an early dive
Very interesting New Zealand abstract sculpture of Tara Nui a.k.a. the Caspian Tern.
http://www.spiritwrestler.com/catalog/index.php?products_id=3379
I think the over all energy of the big tern is captured, but I don't feel the lines are bound to someone who has actually watched this bird do its dives. Still very compelling, but the contrast of the colors is too much to be exceptional in my view.
This Caspian Tern water color from Sweden has some very simple and compelling style
http://alandaltonart.blogspot.com/2010/08/water-colours-hallogarn-31st-july-3rd.html
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Caspian Terns Nesting in Alaska: Prophecy, Serendipity, and Implications for Regional Climate-Related Change by Bob Gill
Western Birds 39:97–100, 2008
A photo of discovery in the Caspian Tern world from 7 years ago almost to the day.
Blogger suggests "Caspian Tern In Undignified Flight Pose" but I think it like an Olympian diver in mid drama. Awesome athlete the Caspian Tern.
http://featheredphotography.com/blog/2012/04/09/caspian-tern-in-undignified-flight-pose/
It's wiki time on Caspian Terns
http://seabird.wikispaces.com/Caspian+Tern
