Captured this youngster, calling his parent for food, in mid-August 2012. The juvenile Forster's Tern sports this ginger plumage, which starts to disappear by the end of August and is gone later in September.
Nice light and IQ.
Good calling pose.
I like the bed of sticks as a perch, but in a perfect world, that stick would not intersect with the leg (but I am being super picky here!)
Gail
I could be imagining things, but I see a little yellowish cast?
Nice low angle and I love the open bill begging pose.
I see what Gail mentioned about the stick, but it ain't a deal breaker for me.
Well done Bill and thanks for sharing.