This is an interesting species. The egg is laid on a bare branch and the chick must cling to that branch (sometimes in a 30 mph trade wind), until it is able to fly.
Photographed in June 2008 on Oahu. EOS 40D, EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS, 1/1000", f/5.6, ISO 320, hand-held, no flash.
Thanks for the natural history info. It is amazing that any of them survive!
Chick is very nice, sharp, well exposed, nice angle in frame.
Shooting angle a bit steep.
I might be tempted to crop out a bit more of the branch below.
The sky looks oversaturated on my monitor.
Sharp and cute with a good EXP but the steep angle and the obstructing parts of the branch as well as the bright underside of the leaf in front of the bird are all quite distracting. From where you were with the lens you had (and without a ladder) you did as well as you could.
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Fairy (AKA, White) Tern chick
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