Black Skimmers Banking Over Pool of Tadpoles - Largo Botanical Gardens, FL

The Black Skimmers are an incredibly fascinating bird to watch. When ever I have seen
them. There has been a mating pair flying gracefully over the ponds, scooping up fish and
tadpoles with their unusually long lower beaks. They work in a perfectly choreographed
pattern. I also noticed they have cat like vertical pupils. These two features make them
unique in all the Bird world.

And they put on a helluva great show...

Photograph Taken on: 05-26-07 7:18AM
Model: Nikon D80 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera
Shutter Speed: 1/320 Second F-Stop: f5.3 ISO:100
Focal length: 180mm Lens: Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom.

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