Natural History Photography

Royal Tern in flight, adult breeding plumage with black head cap, La Jolla. California sea lion in the background, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus

Royal Tern in flight, adult breeding plumage with black head cap, La Jolla. California sea lion in the background.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38955

Royal Tern, La Jolla, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus

Royal Tern, La Jolla.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 30397

Blackside hawkfish on hard coral, Paracirrhites forsteri, close-up, Fiji, Paracirrhites forsteri

Blackside hawkfish on hard coral, Paracirrhites forsteri, close-up, Fiji.
Species: Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri
Location: Fiji
Image ID: 34862

Acanthurus mata, Elongate or yellowmask surgeonfish, Fiji.
Location: Fiji
Image ID: 34892

Royal tern in flight, Thalasseus maximus, adult nonbreeding plumage, breaking waves in the background, La Jolla, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus

Royal tern in flight, Thalasseus maximus, adult nonbreeding plumage, breaking waves in the background, La Jolla.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39771

Forster's Tern Head and Beak Detail, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach

Forster's Tern Head and Beak Detail, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.
Species: Forsters Tern, Sterna forsteri
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach
Image ID: 39875

Forster's Tern in Flight, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach

Forster's Tern in Flight, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.
Species: Forsters Tern, Sterna forsteri
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach
Image ID: 39876

Royal Tern in Flight over the Pacific Ocean, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus, La Jolla, California

Royal Tern in Flight over the Pacific Ocean.
Species: Royal Tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40040

Royal Tern in Flight over the Pacific Ocean.
Species: Royal Tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40043

South American Terns in flight, Sterna hirundinacea, Golfo Nuevo, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut, Argentina. By permission of the Government of Argentina, Chubut, permit # 51 / 2025-SsCyA.
Species: South American Tern, Sterna hirundinacea
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 41239

South American Tern in flight, Sterna hirundinacea, Golfo Nuevo, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut, Argentina. By permission of the Government of Argentina, Chubut, permit # 51 / 2025-SsCyA.
Species: South American Tern, Sterna hirundinacea
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 41240

Cormorants Rafting on the Ocean, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus

Cormorants Rafting on the Ocean.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Image ID: 41514

Royal tern, winter adult phase, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus, La Jolla, California

Royal tern, winter adult phase.
Species: Royal Tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37722

Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus

Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38645

Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38664

Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38665

Royal Tern in flight, breaking waves and surf in the background, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus

Royal Tern in flight, breaking waves and surf in the background, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38948

Royal Tern in flight, adult breeding plumage with black head cap, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus, La Jolla, California

Royal Tern in flight, adult breeding plumage with black head cap.
Species: Royal Tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40207

Royal tern, winter adult phase.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 30354

Royal tern in flight, Thalasseus maximus, adult nonbreeding plumage, ocean water in the background, La Jolla, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus

Royal tern in flight, Thalasseus maximus, adult nonbreeding plumage, ocean water in the background, La Jolla.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40691

Royal Tern, La Jolla.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 30404

Royal tern, winter adult phase.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 30356

Forster's Tern in Flight with Prey, Sterna forsteri, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California

Forster's Tern in Flight with Prey, Sterna forsteri.
Species: Forsters Tern, Sterna forsteri
Location: Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Image ID: 40029

Royal tern in flight, winter adult phase, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus, La Jolla, California

Royal tern in flight, winter adult phase.
Species: Royal tern, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 30319

Blackside hawkfish on hard coral, Paracirrhites forsteri, close-up, Fiji, Paracirrhites forsteri, Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island

Blackside hawkfish on hard coral, Paracirrhites forsteri, close-up, Fiji.
Species: Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji
Image ID: 34942

Blackside hawkfish on hard coral, Paracirrhites forsteri, close-up, Fiji.
Species: Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji
Image ID: 35002

Freckled Hawkfish (Black-sided Hawkfish), Paracirrhites forsteri, Fiji, Paracirrhites forsteri, Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago

Freckled Hawkfish (Black-sided Hawkfish), Paracirrhites forsteri, Fiji.
Species: Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri
Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31783

Freckled Hawkfish (Black-sided Hawkfish), Paracirrhites forsteri, Fiji.
Species: Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri
Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31786

Freckled Hawkfish (Black-sided Hawkfish), Paracirrhites forsteri, Fiji.
Species: Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri
Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji
Image ID: 31798

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