September 29th 2013.
Not a great picture by any stretch but I was quite excited by this scene 3 years ago today. A Long-tailed Skua mugging a Common Tern offshore at Yakumo. This is usually something that happens way offshore and I never witness, the Skua was a lifer too.
A couple of weeks later I saw large numbers of Pomarine Skua migrating close inshore at the same place. The last 2 years I checked at the same place/time but got nothing at all................
Not a great picture perhaps but I bet it was a rivetting duel to watch.
ReplyDeleteIt lasted about 10 minutes, it mugged several terns.............
DeleteHello Stuart!:) How exciting! A great way to see a lifer too. I clicked twice on your photo, and it really is quite a good capture. I wish that I had taken it!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteA skua of any version is always exciting to watch. After all. they are just marine raptors with all the tricks of the trade.
ReplyDeleteI remember getting dive bombed by Great Square in the Orkneys. Good job I wasn't carrying any fish with me.
DeleteI think it's a great picture and a fantastic sight to have seen.
ReplyDeleteThanks Russell
DeleteGreat photo of the skua mugging...they're pretty swift !
ReplyDeleteThanks John, it must be great this season offshore.
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