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Here's a Fairy tern chick from last year, just fledged, resting on the limb of a Plumeria tree. These birds don't build nests, the mother lays its single egg on the branch of a tree and sits on it until it hatches. The chick has extra long tallons to help it cling to the branch while the mother and father are away at sea catching it food and feeding themselves.
Canon 5D
300mm f/2.8L IS lens
f/4
1/125 sec
ISO 400
Great find and thanks for the explanation about their unusual nesting behavior. I like the eye contact and soft light and would put the bird a bit higher in the frame. I find the BG a bit distracting but there is not much you could have done about it. Thanks for sharing and keep them coming!
Hi Christopher,
Awesome Chris, i have seen these guys on Oahu but never had a good chance to photograph them. Thanks for sharing.
On midway they nest everywhere, even on window sills and boat trailer rails.
Robert
