Sterna hirundo.
No where as common as the name suggests and I was lucky to get a shot of this bird at rest and quite close. One gets to see them flying non stop near the beaches and rarely inland. This was near a wetland with some paddy fields on Calicut outskirts. I was in a hide and waiting for a Ruddy breasted crake to come out when this landed close to me out of the blue. It was suspicious and kept looking in my direction, but later it even took a dip in a pool of water nearby.
500D, 55-250, 250mm, Ae, f7.1, ISO 200, SS 1/400.
C&C welcome
Bookmarks