for Brookston’s Photo Hunt

6gulls

A Bird ?

Scavenger Hunt Challenge #2, Week 10 of 13
Week beginning 6.3.06
Photos Due by 6.9.06

BONUS POINTS AVAILABLE:

3 pts. if the bird is a real live bird.
5 pts. if the bird is in the wild.

Not just one, but it looks like at least 6 real live arctic terns in this photo and all in the wild – taken from the bluff over the mouth of the Kenai River yesterday during my lunch. The terns/gulls catch the thermals and ride up and down over the lip of the bluff – hours on end. It is quite peaceful to sit there during lunch and listen to their calls – and those of the ravens (their “caws” – heh) and the occasional eagle or two.